Coalition of Northeastern Governors

Co-operation on International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry Coalition of Northeastern Governors (USA)... 

CONEG. The Model Toxics in Packaging Legislation, developed by the Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG) and adopted in one form or another by 18 states, directly affects the colorant and additive industry. 

The CONEG legislation, which began to take effect in the early 1990s, has to do specifically with packaging materials. An acronym for Coalition of Northeastern Governors, CONEG prohibits the intentional addition of four heavy metals (mercury, lead, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium) into these materials at any level and sets the maximum incidental combined quantities for these metals as follows ... 

CONEG Coalition of Northeastern Governors, the group that devised the regulations on the heavy metal content of certain packaging materials. 

A more productive approach resulted from the action of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG) Source Reduction Council. This was a body composed of representatives of government, industry, and environmental organizations, put together to heip come up with ways of reducing the impact of packaging on problems associated with MSW disposal. In the area of heavy metals, the approach they advocated was based on the simple principle that what does not go into the... 

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