FIRA recently attended a meeting in Brussels that outlined the scope of an EU funded project promoting research into reducing the negative impacts of flame retardants used in the textile industry by the adoption of “alternative” flame retardant treatments.
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A recently published report by Circle Economy was launched at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Much of the report focuses on a new “Global Circularity Metric” which demonstrates how the prevailing linear economic models are failing people and the environment.
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This latest quarterly 'Standards Update' reflects changes notified to the Furniture Industry Research Association since its previous quarterly report (published in October 2017).
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ScS, one of the UK’s leading furniture and flooring specialists, has become the first national furniture retailer to achieve Certified Company status under the Furniture Industry Research Association’s (FIRA) new Compliance Scheme for the Fire Performance of Upholstered Furniture.
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A meeting was recently held in London of BSI Technical Committee FW/002 regarding British Standard BS 8474: 2013 and electrically actuated furniture such as rise/recline seating.
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The Furniture Industry Research Association has today (8 January) published its annual ‘Statistics Digest for the UK Furniture Industry’. Acting as a barometer for the furniture industry, the Digest highlights continued growth in demand for furniture and furnishings. Whilst some of this growth has been fed by rising imports, UK manufacturers have also benefited, with 2016 being the latest in five successive years of incremental growth.
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The European Chemical Agency (ECHA), with support from the Danish EPA, has recently published a draft screening report which has identified potential risks to children from exposure to the flame retardants used in polyurethane foams.
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A meeting was recently held in Nuremberg of CEN TC207 WG1 – the European Standards committee responsible for developing standards for domestic furniture.
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