Tag: Detergents

• EU agrees to clean up dirty detergents

  Press release | EU negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on the revised Detergents Regulation. This updated law improves on previous measures. However, it does not do enough on substances that do the most harm to human and environmental health — including (micro)plastics, phosphates and phosphorus, allergens, and endocrine-disruptors.

• An opportunity to reduce the harmful effects of detergents

  The ongoing revision of the Detergent Regulation offers an important opportunity to improve the requirements for detergents in the European market and therefore minimise harmful effects on human health and the environment. We urge co-legislators to adopt an ambitious text to improve water quality, protect human health, and decrease microplastic release.

• ECOS asks on detergents Trilogues: Detergents Regulation Revision

  Detergents have a significant impact on the environment, such as water pollution and reliance upon plastic packaging. Furthermore, detergents still contain substances that have an impact on human health. The upcoming trilogue discussions for the Detergent Regulation offer an important opportunity to improve the requirements on detergents in the European market and minimise the effects on human health and the environment.

• European Parliament committee votes to clean up weak EU Detergents Regulation, but overlooks chemicals

  A better Detergents Regulation is possible, with the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee voting today for a stronger revised law than the European Commission had proposed back in April 2023. However, more efforts are needed to limit the use of chemicals that are harmful to health.

• Position paper – EU Detergents Regulation revision

  As an everyday consumer and industrial product, detergents have a significant impact on the environment via water pollution and contain substances that have an impact on human health. The ongoing update to the EU Detergent Regulation offers an important opportunity to improve the requirements on detergents in the European market and minimise the effects on human health and the environment.