The AWARE projectThe AWARE project

The Dutch approach

Leoniek van der Vliet

AWAREAWAREBEWARE

Substitution of VOC in Nl Substitution of VOC in Nl

• OPS

• Substitution regulation

– Indoor painting– Timberindustry– Printing and pressing– Car repair– Others? (metal and furniture)

SimpleSimple

Examples:Examples:Painting walls indoors: Painting walls indoors: < 30 g VOC / l paint< 30 g VOC / l paintPainting wood indoors: < 100 g VOC / l paintPainting wood indoors: < 100 g VOC / l paintGluing tapestry (indoors): < 5 g VOC / l glueGluing tapestry (indoors): < 5 g VOC / l glue

Problems, problems, problemsProblems, problems, problems

• Complex industries (metal, furniture)

• Substitution based on VOC only?

• Dictate a choice?

• Selfregulation! Responsibility there where it belongs!

Then what?Then what?

Pilot AWARE code

(“Adequate Warning and Air Requirement”)

Thank you,Norway and Denmark

Application AWARE codeApplication AWARE code

Innovation

Product choice

ExposureValidation

Paint Industry &

Chemical Industry

Applicator & … commissioner

Employers &Employees

AWARE so farAWARE so far

• Some changes compared to OAR and MAL

• Technical group, Strategic and Advisory group

• Intra- and intergroup differences

• 3 pilots:

– steel coating, metal fabrication and engineering, cleaning agents

– focus companies, inventarisation, calculation, check, monitoring

• Digitool

AWARE: do’s and don’tsAWARE: do’s and don’tsWe do want:

• An integral instrument for choice of products

• A tool for innovation with occupational safety in mind

• A tool for simple risk communication

• An instrument for awareness (believe it or not…)

We don’t want:

• A code coupled with risk-preventive measures

• A cut-off value below safety is guaranteed

• Input tool for OPS-diagnosis

What do we need to know?What do we need to know?

• Validation

• Does it work?

• How to communicate the AWARE-code?

• What can we learn from DK and N experience?

• Are other countries interested?

• Is this instrument useful on EU-scale?

Aware is everywhere…Aware is everywhere…