January 2023

On 30 November 2022 the European Commission announced a draft Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste . The proposal will introduce various requirements for all types of packages and will replace the current Directive 94/62/EC . Public consultation will be held until 7 March 2023. The deadline for comments may...

On 12 December 2022 New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment published a notice on the enforcement plan for the measure to ban plastic products under the waste management policies. Certain plastic products were already banned on 1 October 2022. 3E Review New Zealand prohibits manufacturing and selling hard-to-recycle materials and...

On 15 December 2022 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed issuing regulations to implement certain provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM Act) , as enacted on 27 December 2020, to restrict the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in specific sectors or subsectors. This proposed rulemaking would implement certain...

Many companies struggle with understanding exactly what is in their supply chain. Lack of transparency makes it difficult to evaluate the compliance of upstream suppliers and quickly respond to requests for information from downstream customers. 3E can help. With our acquisition of Toxnot we have expanded our supply chain compliance...

Are your company’s products for sale in California? Do you have retail or distribution facilities in the state? Are products sold through downstream customers or distributors in places that may include California? If the answer is yes or if you’re unsure what happens downstream, you are likely responsible for complying...

On 4 January 2023 Health Canada published Regulations Amending the Hazardous Products Regulations (GHS, Seventh Revised Edition) under subsection 15(1) of the Hazardous Products Act. 3E Review As anticipated, Canada has finalized its process to update the Hazardous Products Regulations in order to align them with the seventh revised edition...