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The AskREACH project is launching a European-wide competition to reward the company that most effectively provides information on SVHCs in its supply chain, and the most engaged retailer on the matter of SVHCs. Follow the guide to take part!

The French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques - INERIS) and the French Centre for Research on Risks, Environment, Mobility, and Urban Planning (Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement - CEREMA) renewed their scientific collaboration on 30th March 2022 by signing a partnership agreement. The two institutions therefore have a framework formalising a five-year work cycle and reinforcing existing cooperation in areas of shared interest.

The European LIFE AskREACH project and Scan4Chem app aim to raise awareness among consumers and manufacturers of chemicals in items and, in particular, the presence of substances of very high concern (SVHCs, according to REACH rules). Mixtures (such as foods, household or cleaning products, inks and paints) are not covered by the Scan4Chem app, but their packaging is.

In early January 2022, the INERIS was approved by the British government for the certification of pyrotechnic items, including airbags, under the UKCA standard. As a result of Brexit, CE-marked products can no longer be placed on the UK market from 1 January 2023. Instead, they will have to comply with British standards and be UKCA-marked.

The EU HyPSTER project, which was launched in January 2021 and is the first green-hydrogen underground storage facility demonstrator supported by the European Union, is moving forward with the completion and approval of its engineering studies. Once done, the construction phase, which will include building an above-ground hydrogen production platform and converting a salt cavity into a hydrogen storage facility, will be able to begin.

As part of the EU LIFE AskREACH project, the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (INERIS) is assisting with the roll-out of the Scan4Chem mobile app in France. It has been available in France for a year now and aims to raise awareness among consumers and manufacturers about the issue of chemicals in everyday objects.
This app is the only one of its kind in Europe and helps both consumers to exercise their right to know whether there are chemical substances in products and manufacturers to properly fulfil their legal obligations.

Christmas is the perfect time to buy new things, such as toys, decorations and utensils. However, some of these objects may contain substances of very high concern (SVHC). European partners in the LIFE AskREACH project are joining forces for a Christmas campaign to raise awareness among consumers about chemicals in everyday objects. If you want to follow the campaign, type the hashtag #ToxicFreeXmas into social media platforms and the various posts by the project partners will appear.

Toys and childcare articles can contain SVHCs (substances of very high concern). The European REACH regulation grants the right to access information on the presence of these substances of concern.

Nathalie Homobono, a general mining engineer, was named president of the Ineris board of directions by the president of France on 15/11/2021 (Journal Officiel n°0266 of 16 November 2021). She takes over from Alain Dorison.

In the European Union, the share of renewable energies in the energy mix has increased significantly in the last few years, rising from only 9.1% in 2005 to 17.0% in 2016. This development has had an impact on the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. Ineris, in the context of its work for the European Environment Agency’s European Topic Centre on Air Pollution, Transport, Noise and Industrial Pollution, conducted a study with the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) to estimate the impacts of the development of renewable energies on air quality and on human health.