Briefing: POPs and the Circular Economy

Toxic chemicals in materials and products threaten manufacturing workers, citizens (infants, toddlers, children and adults), pets, the wider environment, and those who dismantle or dispose of them. Recycling materials containing toxic chemicals contaminates the resulting products and continues the legacy of hazardous emissions and increases exposures. In order to be able to develop a circular economy we need to ensure that material loops are free of toxic chemicals.

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