Lynn L. Bergeson’s Aug. 10, 2016 post on Nanotechnology Now announces two surveys (one for producers of nanoscale objects and one for waste disposal companies) being conducted by the European Commission,
Under European Commission (EC) funding, the European Committee for Standardization Technical Committee (CEN/TC) 352 — Nanotechnologies is developing guidelines relating to the safe waste management and disposal of deliberately manufactured nano-objects.
Tatiana Correia has written a July 15, 2016 description of the committee’s surveys for Innovate UK Network,
Under the European Commission funding, CEN TC 352 European standardisation committee are developing guidelines relating to the safe waste management and disposal of deliberately manufactured nano-objects. These are discrete pieces of material with one or more dimensions in the nanoscale(1). These may also be referred to as nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanofibres, nanotubes and nanoplates. The guidelines will provide guidance for all waste management activities from the manufacturing and processing of manufactured nano-objects (MNOs). In order to ensure that the context for this document is correct, it is useful to gain an insight into current practice in the disposal of MNOs.
Here’s a link to the Questionnaire relating to current disposal practice for Manufactured Nano-objects in Waste – Companies manufacturing or processing manufactured nano-objects and to the Questionnaire relating to current disposal practice for Manufactured Nano-objects in Waste – Waste disposal companies.
The deadline for both surveys is Sept. 5, 2016.