Norit Activated Carbon and REACH
Norit Activated Carbon is fully dedicated to meeting all requirements of the REACH regulation.
Registration
Norit Activated Carbon has successfully submitted the
Lead Registration dossiers for Activated Carbon on 30 September
2010.
ECHA have approved the dossiers and confirmed registration on 8
October 2010.
During the dossier preparation for Activated Carbon,
it has has been concluded that from a REACH perspective it is
necessary to identify and register two types of Activated Carbon:
Chemically Activated carbon and Steam Activated Carbon. (referred to
as Activated Carbon - Low Density Skeleton and Activated Carbon -
High Density Skeleton in the REACH dossiers).
The reason for registering two substances was found in principal
differences in physical-chemical properties. No significant
differences in toxicology have been identified.
Please note that Downstream Users also have tasks as
defined by the REACH Regulation. An important task is to ascertain
that their uses are included in the Registration Dossier of their
supplier. See
Identified Uses.
Re-activated carbon
Spent activated carbon is legally classified as Waste, and thus not subject to REACH. Re-activation is therefore seen as Manufacturing, and re-activated carbon is again subject to the provisions of REACH. See paragraph 1.6.3.4 of the ECHA Guidance on Registration.
Re-activated carbon is a recovered substance. As a result, it is
considered to be exempted now that fresh activated carbon has been registered. See paragraph 1.6.4.5 of the ECHA Guidance on Registration.
Absence of Substances of Very High Concern
The products marketed by Norit Activated Carbon do not contain substances which are listed on Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC Candidate List) for authorization.
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