Search tool of available alternatives to bisphenols
This search tool is a table in Microsoft® Excel format summarizing all the alternatives to bisphenols compiled by INERIS and mentioned in the Bisphenols Substitution website.
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PACKINNOVE 2017
PackInnove Europe will take place from 14 to 15 June in Troyes (France).
This Packaging event combines PackInnove Europe and PackInnove Machine, two complementary conventions that bring together decision-makers from the packaging industry via an innovation forum, expert workshops and conferences.
For additional information: http://www.packinnove.com/en/
What are the main materials in which BPS is found?
What are the main materials in which BPS is found?
PLASTICS&PAPER 2016 – Brussels (Belgium)
Brussels will host from 6th to 9th December 2016 an European conference on food contact. This event is intended to all professionals of the food packaging industry (plastic or paper).
This conference will address inks, coatings and adhesives, as well as regulatory compliance, case studies of compliance will be presented.
Food Factory international conference – Laval (France)
Food Factory 2016 is an international scientific conference, multidisciplinary and oriented to innovative industrial applications in the food industry.
During this conference, workshops will be proposed. Amongst them, we selected the presentation of the latest innovations in BLUECOPHA project whose goal is to produce sustainable packaging from marine bacteria and by-products of the food industry.
The 8th international conference Food Factory will be held from 19 to 21 October 2016 in Laval (France).
ALL4PACK – Paris (France)
The “ALL4PACK Paris” salon brings together actors from the food industries, cosmetics, beauty, health, pharmaceuticals, retail and consumer goods.
ALL4PACK Paris proposes to highlight innovation in the packaging industry (packaging and containers, processing machinery and packaging, labels, identification machines, traceability, marking, coding, packaging printing, ...) and handling industry.
The salon will take place from 14 to 17 November 2016 in Paris.
A search tool of available alternatives to bisphenol A is online.
In order to simplify your research of alternatives to bisphenol A, a table compiling all the information about BPA substitution available on the SNA-BPA website has just been published !
Are there alternative solutions available that would allow us to avoid using these canisters or this material?
Drinking water for employees is often provided by a company that uses polycarbonate water canisters. Are there alternative solutions available that would allow us to avoid using these canisters or this material?
Evaluation of alternatives for compounds under Risk Assessment in the EU, Bisphenol A
This report, published in 2004 by the Danish EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), details the different uses of BPA and the possible alternatives to its use in drinks cans and food tins, polycarbonate items, thermal paper and printer ink.
Review of alternatives to BPA
ANSES has produced a report reviewing the possible alternatives to BPA in its different fields of application. BPA is primarily used in polycarbonate, in epoxy resins coating the inside of food tins, and as a developer in thermal paper (till receipts). 73 alternative solutions were identified. Link to the ANSES report on BPA replacement.
Another report, in two volumes, presents the results of a collective study assessing the risks posed by BPA to human health.