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Manufacture, use & exposure

Uses at industrial sites

Uses at industrial sites

Use name:
Manufacture of polymers
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Name of activity / technique:
Manufacture of polymers
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC6c: Use of monomer in polymerisation processes at industrial site (inclusion or not into/onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
Name of activity / technique:
Manufacture of polymers
Process category (PROC):
PROC 4: Chemical production where opportunity for exposure arises
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
PROC 15: Use as laboratory reagent
PROC28: Manual maintenance (cleaning and repair) of machinery
Product category used:
PC 32: Polymer preparations and compounds
Sector of end use:
SU 12: Manufacture of plastics products, including compounding and conversion
Substance supplied to that use in form of:
as such
Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
no