Following the amendment in June of the EU Waste Framework Directive, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) posted a press release on July 11th acknowledging that it will develop a new database on “the presence of hazardous chemicals in articles by the end of 2019 for waste treatment operators and consumers”. Companies producing, importing or selling articles that contain REACH Candidate List SVHCs will need to submit information about the products and the SVHCs by the end of 2020.
With the metal lead (Pb) now included on the Candidate List, nearly all EEE products will need to be registered in the database. ECD Compliance will follow ECHA progress in developing the database and reporting regularly.