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Ostfold Research at the national Hazardous Substances conference (Miljøgiftkonferensen 2012)

Miljøgiftkonferansen 2012 was a collaboration between the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (KLIF) and the Norwegian Research Council. The conference theme was “How can we fulfil the objective of stopping emissions of chemicals that are a serious threat to human health and the environment by 2020?”

The Norwegian presenters included Erik Solheim (the Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development), Ellen Hambro, Arvid Hallen and Nina Jensen. The conference also included presenters from other Nordic Countries (e.g.  Henrik Søren Larsen, Danish Ministry of the Environment and Tomas Rydberg, Swedish Environmental Research Institute).


Ostfold Research has contributed to Parallell Session 3 in the afternoon, called ”Hazardous substances in products – what can we do about this?”. The Innochem project and applied research that contributes to minimising hazardous substances in products will be presented by collaboration partners in the Innochem project (Jotun and HÅG/Scandinavian Business Seating) and Cecilia Askham. The detailed programme can be found here

Ostfold Research has published a paper in the International Journal of LCA.
Ostfold Research has published the paper ‘Weighting of environmental trade-offs in CCS - an LCA case study of electricity from a fossil gas power plant with post-combustion CO2 capture, transport and storage’ in the International Journal of LCA.
Staffing News
Ostfold Research is pleased to welcome John Baxter to the team. John joined us in April 2012 and will be providing cover for Kari-Anne Lyng’s period of maternity leave. John is a chemical engineer with a background both in conducting research and in supporting and developing researchers. He formerly spent time as a researcher and as a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Surrey in the UK.
BIA Project turned a threat into an opportunity
The Research Council of Norway news about Miljøgiftkonferansen 2012 (The Hazardous Chemical Conference 2012) includes news about how the Innochem BIA (Programme for User-driven Research-based Innovation) project turned a threat – a new and complicated regulation (REACH) into a driver for innovation and development, leading to a competitive edge for Norwegian Industry.
Development of ISO 14067: Quantification and Communication of Carbon Footprint of products and services. 10th Working group meeting held in Canada, Ostfold Research took part.
The tenth meeting in ISO/TC207/SC 7/WG2 took place 21-24 November 2011 in Toronto, Canada. A large number of nations participated. The standard had before the meeting voted to DIS-status (Draft International Standard) and further progress was made during the meeting in Canada.

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