Recently, the ZDHC Roadmap
to Zero Programme announced that NimkarTek
Detox Laboratory (NDL) joined ECO PASSPORT by
OEKO-TEX, ToxServices Full Materials Disclosure (ToxFMD), BLC Chem-MAP and the
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) as a ZDHC Accepted provider of services
to indicate conformance to the ZDHC MRSL.
NimkarTek analytical test reports may now
be used by chemical suppliers to indicate Level 1 conformance of their products
to the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) on the ZDHC Gateway
- Chemical Module.
“NimkarTek is already one
of the ZDHC Accredited Training Providers and we are happy to also have them on
board as the first Accepted Testing Laboratory to indicate Level 1 conformance
with the ZDHC MRSL,” says Scott Echols, ZDHC Programme Director.
To accelerate the global impact of the
organisation, ZDHC decided right from the beginning not to develop its own
certification system for ZDHC MRSL conformant chemistry, but to leverage
existing certification bodies instead.
“To achieve the goal of
ZDHC, NimkarTek believes that testing of input chemical inventory for ZDHC MRSL
substances is a critical step that a manufacturing facility needs to take,” says Ullhas Nimkar, MD and Chairman, NimkarTek. “With this in mind, we have set up the NimkarTek Detox Laboratory and committed to help the Industry achieve Zero
Discharge through our services.”