Presentations:
We were delighted to be joined by Paola Paruta, Environmental analyst at Environment Action and lead author of ‘Plastic Paints, the Environment‘ report, which shockingly concluded that “Paint appears as the largest source of microplastic leakage into the Ocean & Waterways (1.9 Mt/year), outweighing all other sources of microplastic leakage (e.g. textiles fibres and tyre dust).” We will also be joined by Julien Boucher, Founder and Director of Environmental Action for a panel discussion.
Presentation – Paola Paruta and Julien Boucher, Environment Action
Tim Robinson, Director of ASBP member Waverton Analytics joined us to discuss VOCs and paints, including regulations in the UK/US and real monitoring data of low VOC paints.
Presentation – Tim Robinson, Waverton Analytics
Webinar recording
Programme
12:30 Welcome to the webinar – Simon Corbey, Director, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
12:35 Keynote speaker – Paola Paruta, Environmental analyst, Environment Action and lead author of ‘Plastic Paints the Environment‘ report
13:00 Monitoring VOCs in paints – Tim Robinson, Director Waverton Analytics
13:20 Short talks from our Paints & Finishes Group members Celtic Sustainables, Clayworks, Cornish Lime, Earthborn Paints, Ecomerchant, Keim Paints and Mike Wye.
13:40 Q&A/panel discussion
Event held in collaboration with the ASBP Paints & Finishes Group and ASBP Reducing Plastics in Construction Group
