Substances of very high concern hamper recycling

Substances of very high concern (SVHC) can hamper the safe recycling of waste streams in the Netherlands. These substances occur in a wide range of waste streams. Examples are flame retardants in plastics or dyes in textile. These are the findings of an exploratory study by RIVM.
The results of this study are useful for the implementation of the National Waste Management Plan (LAP) that is focusing on risk control. The long term ambition should be to develop safer alternatives for SVHC resulting in safe loops, irrespective of the types of end-use. In addition to this exploratory study, RIVM has derived concentration limits for ZZS in waste streams (RIVM, 23 August 2017).
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Click here to download the report Substances of very high concern and the transition to a circular economy : An initial inventory te downloaden (791 kB).
Click here to download the report Concentration limit value for substances of very high concern in waste streams (in Dutch with English summary, 475 kB).

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