Self-declarations of environmental classification in www.fass.se

In 2005 environmental information was published for two groups of products on www.fass.se to test a new model for classification developed after an initiative from LIF (The Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry). The initiative was a response to an increasing public demand for environmental information on pharmaceuticals and an attempt to develop a model accepted both by Swedish stakeholders and by the global pharmaceutical industry. Today, all groups of pharmaceuticals in the Swedish medicals product list (Fass) have been subject to environmental risk assessments. The work with the development of the www.fass.se system of self-declarations of environmental classification, and the experiences from the reviewing process are summarised in this report.A