Key applications: solvents’ role in industrial ecosystems in Europe
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ESIG 3rd Stakeholder Day
Our 3rd ESIG STAKEHOLDER DAY on “Solvents and the Green Deal – the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability” will take place on 19 January 2023 at Cefic Offices (Brussels).
Autumn 2022 Solvent Trainings’ registration closed. Click here to register for the next editions
Autumn 2022 Solvent Trainings' registration closed. Click here to register for the next editions
Flammability guide: Update 2022
Static electricity is one of the main hazards associated with flammable solvents. Learn about the potential sources of static electricity and how to safely handle solvents in the workplace via our updated best practice guide. In June 2022, ESIG has updated the Flammability Guidelines to explain the main characteristics of solvent flammability and provide recommendations for safe handling and use.
ESIG updates its Solvents Human Exposure Database, the largest open source of solvent exposure data available (May 2022)
ESIG has updated and renewed its human exposure database for solvents. It contains exposure data on a wide range of solvents and key applications. This database is the largest single source of solvent exposure data available to the industry and to a broader audience.
FOCUS: Trends in Solvents VOC emissions
This factsheet published in April 2020 and updated inQ1/2022 gives an overview of which solvents can be found in indoor air and explains why VOC solvents are still present in dedicated applications.
Environmental Footprint Compliant Secondary Dataset (December 2021)
ESIG has been collecting industry average data to develop cradle-to-gate life-cycle inventories for several solvents which are part of consumer products to facilitate the calculation of Product or Organisation Environmental...
ESIG Solvent VOC emission inventories 2020
ESIG has finalised its 2020 solvent volatile organic compounds (VOC) emission inventories and results do seem in line with previous numbers: Solvent VOC emissions have stabilized in the EU28 since 2008.
FOCUS: Solvents and ESIG
This Factsheet gives an overview of what solvents are, which solvents are in ESIG’s portfolio, for which applications they are used and how they are regulated in the EU.
The European solvents industry
