WD-40 introduces new industrial-strength degreaser
WD-40 Co. released WD-40 Specialist Industrial-Strength Degreaser with PowerSolve Technology, a proprietary solvent that works quickly to safely break down grease, oil and dirt on a variety of surfaces such as metals, plastics, rubber, glass …
CSPA to hold Consumer Products VOC Compliance Webinar Series
Consumer Products VOC Compliance Webinar Series Over the past 25 years, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), 16 additional state agencies, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have developed a complex set of volatile organic compound …
A clean bill: September Household Care feature
Consumers favor household care products featuring ease-of-use and efficacy There were more than 1.045 billion aerosol household products produced in the U.S. in 2014, an increase of almost 1.5% over 1.03 billion in 2013, according to …
EPA’s Drew Lausch to speak at CSPA/PCPC Regulatory Compliance Workshop
Retailer & Consumer Products Regulatory Compliance Workshop September 29-30 | Sacramento, CA FEATURED SPEAKER: DREW LAUSCH, U.S. EPA Lausch's presentation will focus on EPA's retail strategy, and examine federal RCRA regulations and proposed rules as they pertain to …
Registration open for Cosmopack Business Forum in NYC
Cosmopack, the beauty supply chain trade fair component of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, is holding the Cosmopack International Business Forum at the Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York City, Sept. 16 and 17th. Organized in partnership with the …
Croda presents Hair Damage Webinar, Sept. 23
Croda’s upcoming Fall "eSeminar" series begins Wednesday, Sept. 23 with an event focusing on repairing hair damage, including split ends. “The Science behind Hair Damage Repair”, is a live presentation that will explain several methods for repairing various types …
OSHA & WHMIS progress toward harmonization…
We have had a busy couple of months, as The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and Canada’s Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) have cleared up some long-standing irritants concerning harmonized Safety Data …
When should spray packages be tested for corrosion?
Hello, everyone. One of the most frequent questions that I’m asked is, “When is corrosion testing required?” Chapter Seven of our Elements of Spray Packaging short course discusses various types of corrosion tests and when corrosion …
The Golden Rule of Shipping
In the October 2014 issue of Spray, I described the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, HM-253, published on Aug. 11, 2014 (79 FR 46748), which proposed revisions to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline & …
SNAP amendments finalized, CARB processes ongoing
Federal EPA The Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) rule amendments from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were finalized on July 20, 2015. The effective date is one year after the rule was published. This means …