Identificare la propria sostanza pericolosa

Conoscere le proprie sostanze ed esigenze - sostituzione

Individuare le sostanze utilizzate che destano preoccupazione è il primo passo per attuare con esito positivo il proprio piano di sostituzione.

Preparare un inventario delle sostanze utilizzate.
Indicare la priorità delle sostanze candidate alla sostituzione. Tra queste sono incluse le sostanze considerate maggiormente pericolose, sostanze che potrebbero non essere assolutamente necessarie per il funzionamento di un prodotto e sostanze che, nel prossimo futuro, potrebbero costituire oggetto di azioni normative o di pressioni di mercato.
Individuare le funzioni chiave svolte nel prodotto o nel processo dalla sostanza che desta preoccupazione.
Informare e consultare la propria catena di approvvigionamento (sia i clienti che i fornitori) per individuare potenziali problemi e opzioni.

Useful resources for creating an inventory

Main resources

PRIO Inventory tool: PRIO is a web-based tool that can help you to preventively reduce health and environmental risks from chemical substances.
Global Automotive Declarable Substance List (GADSL): The global standard list for declaring the composition of parts within the automotive industry.
IMDS: Automobile industry’s material data system.
Textile sector: Zero discharge of hazardous chemicals programme (ZDHC): The ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) is a list of chemical substances banned from intentional use in facilities that process textile materials and trim parts in apparel, leather and footwear.

Information on hazard of substances

Useful resources for prioritisation

Guidance documents on prioritisation

Specific lists of hazardous substances (non-exhaustive)

ECHA’s Candidate List: Lists substances of very high concern that may be included in the Authorisation List.
ECHA’s Authorisation List: List of substances of very high concern for which you need authorisation to use under REACH.
ECHA’s list of recommendations for inclusion in the Authorisation List: ECHA’s recommendations on which substances from the Candidate List to include in the Authorisation List.
List of Restrictions: Substances restricted under REACH.
ECHA’s public activities coordination tool (PACT): The public activities coordination tool (PACT) gives advance notice of the substances that are on an authority’s radar for exploring the potential need for regulatory risk management.
The Community rolling action plan (CoRAP): Specifies the substances that will be evaluated under REACH over the next three years.
Water Framework Directive – priority and priority hazardous substances: Substances or groups of substances are on the list of priority substances for which environmental quality standards were set under the Water Framework Directive.

Other lists

OSH Wiki – Dangerous substances: Examples of dangerous substances listed by EU OSHA
Trade Union Priority List for REACH Authorisation: Priority list of chemical substances of very high concern set up by EU trade union association.
TEDX: List of potential endocrine disruptors set up by TEDX, a science based, non-profit research institute.
Safer Chemicals Ingredients List: List of chemical ingredients that the Safer Choice Program has evaluated and determined to be safer than traditional chemical ingredients used for the same function.
SIN List: The “Substitute it now” list of substances set up by the NGO ChemSec.
SINimilarity: Database set up by the NGO ChemSec for checking if your chemical bears structural resemblance to that from the SIN List.

Tools to support prioritisation

GreenScreen® List Translator (GSLT): Screen assessment tool for identifying chemicals of high concern. It attributes scores to chemicals based on information obtained from over 40 hazard lists. GLST can be an effective tool for prioritising chemicals for a more in-depth scrutiny and assessment.
PRIO – Prioritisation tool: PRIO is a web-based tool that can help you to preventively reduce health and environmental risks from chemical substances.