Er det Farlig? ( Eng. "Is it dangerous?") is a website created to inform the norwegian citizens about the presence of dangerous substances in consumers goods. Six out of ten Norwegians say they want better information about substances in consumer goods that are hazardous to health or the environment.
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Therefore, the Climate and Pollution Agency launched www.Erdetfarlig.no ("Is it dangerous?"). The website has simple advice about dangerous substances and safe products. Er det Farlig is the result of co-operation effort among differents stake holders dvs. Climate and Pollution Agency, Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Nordic Ecolabeling, Norwegian Consumers Council and Grønn Hverdag Network.
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Policy Context
REACH is the European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006). It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances. "Er det farlig?" include mainly substances which are also part of the REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC).
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Description of target users and groups
Entire Norwegian Population: Schools, industries and importers among others.
Description of the way to implement the initiative
Co-operative feedback among the different stakeholders involved in the project.
Technology solution
- Programming Language: Javascript, .net.
- CMS: Episerver
- Pattform: Windows and .net.
Main results, benefits and impacts
- Decrease spreading of health and environmental dangerous agents
- Increase recycling of waste
- Reduce waste recycling emissions
Return on investment
Return on investment: Not applicable / Not availableLessons learnt
- Increased interdisciplinary collaboration among different stakeholders
- helps citizens avoiding consumer products that contain substances hazardous to health and environment
- Increased correctly disposal of products containing substances hazardous to health and environment.
- Increased public awareness about potential hazardous substances
- Improved comunication among consumers, retail dealers, manufacturers and importers through the implementation of direct online request form, whether a product contains health and environmentally hazardous substances
- Reinforced Norwegian Environmental Law implementation and right of the citizens to know about the existence of hazardous substances in consumers goods.
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Scope: National