Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), to name a few. These departments are actively pursuing programs which promise to have major impacts on business. Most readers are likely familiar with activities at CARB, so I will focus on the other three departments. The Safer Consumer Products program, run by DTSC, released its first set of three priority products/chemical combinations in March 2014. The first three priority products were: • Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) systems containing January 2015 Spray 13 arena… cleaner products & consumer trust Consumer Product Ingredients Dictionary can assist companies in compliance with these retailers’ policies. The CSPA has been communicating with various retailers to assure that their sustainability initiatives result in improvements to our member companies’ products, rather than conflicting standards that deter innovation. Aerosol recycling The CSPA also continues efforts to encourage increased recycling of used aerosol products consistent with good product stewardship and numerous retailers’ sustainability goals. All empty aerosol containers are fully recyclable and rates continue to climb. A caution, however, is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) interpretation that the phrase “please recycle when empty” is an environmental marketing claim. Therefore, data is needed to show a substantial majority of consumers have access to aerosol recycling before companies can place such a claim on their product labels. The CSPA has already partnered with the Steel Recycling Institute to obtain the necessary data for steel aerosol containers. The goal for 2015 is to obtain the additional data for aluminum aerosol containers to show their recyclability. NFPA As a final challenge, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently issued its 2015 edition of NFPA Code 30B, which covers the manufacturing, warehouse storage and retail display of aerosol products. The update is extensive. It will be phased into use by local and state fire and building officials in 2015. The CSPA worked to ensure that the new fire code requirements are science-based and provide cost-effective protection against aerosol fire risks. Nicole Quinonez, Randlett/ Nelson/ Madden, consultant to the National Aerosol Association (NAA) It’s amazing what an impact one building can have on businesses across the globe. The California Dept. of Environmental Protection (Cal EPA) headquarters in Sacramento, CA, is one such building. Cal EPA is the home to the Dept. of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), CalRecycle, California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Office of Environmental Quinonez unreacted diisocyanates, • Children’s Foam Padded Sleeping Products containing Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate or TDCPP • Paint and Varnish Strippers with methylene chloride DTSC plans to place these priority products into regulation in early 2015. Once they are placed into regulations, manufacturers of these priority products will have approximately two years to perform an Alternative Analysis (AA) report. Based on the AA, DTSC may pursue a number of regulatory responses ranging from product labeling to sales prohibition. DTSC also released a draft work plan laying out potential priority product listings for the next three years. This report included six broad product categories they would be looking at to determine future priority products. One product category is building products, which includes paints, primers and graffiti removers. The draft plan is expected to be finalized in early 2015 and the next set of priority products will be identified at that point. For the past two years, CalRecycle has been developing a plan to reach its required 75% recycling goal. A workshop was held in November 2014 to continue its discussions of how California will meet its goal through recycling, composting or source reduction of solid waste by 2020. CalRecycle stated in
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