The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) produced an opinion on 16 September 2021 concerning a reassessment at the request of the Commission to review the harmonised classification of lead (EC 231-100-4/CAS 7439-92-1). This guidance note reflects the practical implications of the Lead Environmental Classification.

Four leading flat-rolled aluminium manufacturers and members of the European Aluminium Packaging Group (EAPG), Constellium, Elval, Novelis and Speira, have signed an agreement to engage in a standardisation project to maximise the recycled content levels of the beverage can and thus substantially lower carbon emissions, focused on increased recyclability of the can end.

European Aluminium urges EU policymakers to take into account the European aluminium industry’s concerns in the negotiations of trade agreements, with particular attention to the EU-India Free Trade Agreement.