Zinc hydroxide

Manufacture

Manufacture

Registration/ Notification status for the use:

use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant

Manufacture name:

Zinc hydroxide production - Direct

Contributing activity / technique for the environment

Contributing activity / technique for the environment 1

Name of activity / technique:

Direct discharge to water after on-site treatment

Environmental release category (ERC):

ERC1: Manufacture of the substance

Contributing activity / technique for the environment 2

Name of activity / technique:

Discharge via additional off-site sewage treatment plant

Environmental release category (ERC):

ERC1: Manufacture of the substance

Contributing activity / technique for the environment 3

Name of activity / technique:

No emissions to water and air

Environmental release category (ERC):

ERC1: Manufacture of the substance

Contributing activity / technique for workers

Contributing activity / technique for workers 1

Name of activity / technique:

Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions

Process category (PROC):

PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions

Contributing activity / technique for workers 2

Name of activity / technique:

Manufacture or formulation in the chemical industry in closed batch processes with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions

Process category (PROC):

PROC 3: Manufacture or formulation in the chemical industry in closed batch processes with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions

Contributing activity / technique for workers 3

Name of activity / technique:

Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities

Process category (PROC):

PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities

Contributing activity / technique for workers 4

Name of activity / technique:

Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers

Process category (PROC):

PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)

Contributing activity / technique for workers 5

Name of activity / technique:

Use as laboratory reagent

Process category (PROC):

PROC 15: Use as laboratory reagent

Contributing activity / technique for workers 6

Name of activity / technique:

Manufacture and processing of minerals and/or metals at substantially elevated temperature

Process category (PROC):

PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting

Contributing activity / technique for workers 7

Name of activity / technique:

Handling of solid inorganic substances at ambient temperature

Process category (PROC):

PROC 26: Handling of solid inorganic substances at ambient temperature

Related assessment:

use assessed in a joint CSR