EU Ecolabel informerar om att en uppdatering av DID-listan (Detergent Ingredient Database) är publicerad. Data från listan används i beräkningar när ansökan om miljömärkning sker samt som informationskälla för ämnen i produkterna. Listan används av både Svanen och EU Ecolabel.
Key revisions from the 2016 DID List to the 2023 version:
The DID-list, part A (*)
has updated data for 14 existing substances:
the acute toxicity values for one substance have been adjusted,
the safety factor for chronic toxicity for one substance has been adjusted,
the aerobic degradation has been changed to readily biodegradable and the degradation factor changed from 1 to 0,05 for two substances,
the anaerobic degradation has been changed from O to Y for 10 substances.
the name for four substances has been clarified and two substances have been merged into one DID number.
has been extended with 29 new substances in total.
three of the new ingredients are surfactants and one new substance is a preservative.
the remaining 25 new substances are added under “other ingredients” and most of them are widely used in cosmetic products as hair/skin conditioning, solvent, softener/emollient, moisturiser/humectant, or UV filter.
some of the ingredients are also used in cleaning products, hand dishwashing or car and boat care products.
a widely used enzyme stabiliser has also been added.
In the DID-list, part B:
the approach for ingredients that are listed on the DID-list is updated, so that both the existing exemptions for perfume and block polymers are mentioned.
it is clarified that if data is missing on the DID-list, the procedure for ingredients not listed on the DID-list can be used.
the approach for ingredients that are not listed on the DID-list is updated with recommended test methods for both toxicity, aerobic biodegradation, and anaerobic biodegradation.
the data descriptions in the safety factor table have been updated so that they are clearer and more consistent.
worst case data to be used when there is no available data is added.
Du hittar den uppdaterade listan på EU Ecolabels hemsida för respektive produktgrupp.
