PRIO – a tool for substitution

Published on January 23, 2023

The PRIO tool helps you to find and prioritize hazardous substances for substitution in your articles or chemical products. The tool contains a stepwise guide to substitution and a database with over 10 000 chemicals that are hazardous to human health and the environment. In PRIO you will find both substances that are banned and substances that are still allowed to be used. By phasing out the use of hazardous substances you can keep one step ahead of the legislation and avoid substances that are about to be restricted or banned.

The PRIO-tool offers a tool for actors that wants to work proactively with chemicals in their business. Actors that wants to keep one step ahead of legislation by phasing-out the use of hazardous substances in chemical products or materials/articles. The PRIO-tool offers a way to designing non-toxic from the start thereby allowing products to be recycled and reused providing the basis for the development towards a non-toxic circular economy.