Black Bear reiterates its commitment to clean and green materials.
NEDERWEERT, The Netherlands, June 29, 2017 – Black Bear announces that Black Bear’s carbon black has received an official Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Bronze Certificate, assessed by the Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA). This is the first time that any carbon black in the market has received this certification.
The certification activities led to a reconfirmation that Black Bear’s carbon black has extremely low levels of harmful Polycyclic Aromatic Hyrdocarbons (PAH). A low level of PAH is becoming increasingly important given health concerns and increased scrutiny over hazardous substances under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.
Michael Braungart, founder and CEO of EPEA and co-author of the lauded book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, praised the product, saying:
“The Black Bear Carbon upcycled product is a game-changer in the field of carbon black. It is “upcycled” because the output material is of higher quality than the input material (furnace black in car tyres). Its extremely low content of PAH means that it is of such good quality that I am happy to recommend its use in all kinds of applications, including those involving a lot of skin contact, such as bicycle handlebars, stroller handles, wheelchairs, and of course, in car and bike tyres, where abrasion and inhalation of carcinogenic PAH-containing particles can be hazardous. The use of a high-quality product like Black Bear’s carbon black has the potential to positively impact on the health and wellbeing of many people, and it is therefore a beneficial Cradle to Cradle product.”
The Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Products Program is an independent, third-party verified certification program that certifies products and materials that are developed to respect human and environmental health, designed for future use cycles, and that utilize clean energy and water throughout the supply chain. Certified products are required to show continuous improvement every two years.
“This certification is a clear demonstration of our commitment to accelerating the transition towards a circular economy. We are pleased that we can now offer carbon black users a real and officially certified choice for selecting clean and green materials” said Martijn Lopes Cardozo, CEO Black Bear.
About Black Bear Carbon
Black Bear Carbon is a pioneering circular-economy, technology-based company. Its patented technology facilitates the harvesting of carbon black from waste tires in a way that adds upcycled value. Carbon black is used as a pigment in plastics, inks and paints as well as a reinforcing agent in rubber and tires. Current manufacturers make carbon black by burning oil (the “furnace process”), emitting CO2 and polluting the environment. Black Bear is dedicated to producing high-quality carbon blacks from end-of-life tires in a clean, sustainable way.
For more information about Black Bear, please see: www.blackbearcarbon.com You can also contact us directly at: info@blackbearcarbon.com
Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM is a certification mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.
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Well done CHRIS and co .with scrap tyres the “cradle “begins in the Hi St shops at the source of the End of Life good and bad side ! Chris and Co are the good side ,if you can sort the bad side out ,in
storage, handling,transporting ,further processing ,”safety ” that would be the real “cradle” to the
grave regarding ..tyre disposal .
send me product info. include LCA comparison. we need this for our recycled plastics conpounds.
Not-the-WORLDS-1st: I’m curious how you would call yourself the first company to do so when Klean Industries received their C2C certification in late 2016 and made their news release about it April of this year? http://www.kleanindustries.com/s/Press-And-Media-Info.asp?ReportID=786142