Rådet for Grøn Omstilling/Green Transition Denmark

In Green Transition Denmark, we clearly support circular economy and the thought that waste is reduced and goods are re-used and recycled as much as possible. However, it is very important to be aware of the limitations – hazardous chemicals. This can in many cases be a big problem, e.g. when old goods with a content of chemicals that that are not allowed today are being recycled or goods are recycles to other types of goods with higher requirements for chemical content. We have seen examples where children’s toys made of recycled plastic contained extreme levels of hazardous chemicals, e.g. dioxins (https://ipen.org/news/some-plastics-can-poison-children). Dioxins are considered to be some…