Safe and clean processing technologies and products (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

1) Significant reduction in use of hazardous substances in production and products, lowering risks to human health and the environment; 2) Deployment-ready novel processing technologies and materials with demonstrably lower health, safety and environmental impacts; 3) Enhanced understanding and data on industrial emissions of emerging and less-known hazardous pollutants not regulated at EU level; 4) Decreased occupational exposure risks and improved workplace health outcomes through empowered employees; 5) Contributions to EU clean air and biodiversity objectives via reduced pollutant releases.

Proposals must: 1) Demonstrate a clear reduction in the use of hazardous substances posing human or environmental health risks and their transfer into products; 2) Develop novel processing technologies achieving reduced health, safety and environmental impacts beyond CO₂ emission reductions; 3) Minimise adverse effects of new processes on material performance, durability, recyclability, production cost and associated hazards; 4) Where relevant, create and validate sampling and monitoring methodologies for emerging and less-known pollutant groups in stack emissions; 5) Integrate techno-economic analyses and full life-cycle assessments of the proposed processes; 6) Engage all relevant actors (e.g. employees, SMEs, regulators) in a participatory risk-reduction approach; 7) Build upon existing standards or contribute to standardisation where monitoring methods are lacking; 8) Address data interoperability for pollutant monitoring results; 9) Include a detailed business case and exploitation strategy as per the Destination’s requirements; 10) Demonstrate planned synergies with ongoing initiatives and European research infrastructures; 11) Coordinate with the JRC’s science-for-policy activities; 12) Encourage international cooperation.