Due to the recent rise in the price of plastic raw materials, the price of plastic products is also about to rise. However, in fact, China has already had technology that can recycle empty beverage bottles into recycled plastic raw materials. It is not only easy to process, but also the price of environmentally friendly plastic raw materials is lower than The new raw materials on the market are about 20% to 30% cheaper, and the market outlook has been bullish recently. Clothes, water pipes, vases, reusable bags, and the dazzling array of daily necessities on the table, can you tell that they are all made of discarded empty beverage cans? The Environmental Protection Agency explains that recycled empty beverage cans can be classified into The three types of recycled plastic raw materials, including PET, PP and PE, also emphasized that the quality of the recycled finished products is exactly the same as that of new materials. The most important thing is that in terms of price, the price per kilogram of the three recycled plastic materials is better than that of new materials. It’s as much as 10 yuan cheaper. The output is gradually increasing every year. Environmentally friendly and cheap recycled plastic materials have recently become another new trend in domestic plasticizing raw materials as the price of virgin plastic raw materials has increased. – Source: Yahoo News, FTV News

From January 1 next year, China's "Regulations on the Management of Recycling and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products" will be officially implemented, and companies with large-scale modern waste home appliance recycling and processing businesses can benefit. According to the "Waste Electrical and Electronic Products Disposal Catalog", five categories of products, including televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, and microcomputers, will become the first batch of products to be formally recycled and dismantled in accordance with national standards. The first batch of five categories of products announced this time are the same as the five categories of products that enjoyed the national 10% subsidy under the previous national “trade-in” policy. The promulgation of this regulation clearly regulates the recycling and dismantling of a large number of waste electrical and electronic products currently on the market, putting it on a track of large-scale and industrialized development. This means that in the future, the formal recycling and dismantling of five major categories of home appliances such as TVs and air conditioners will become mandatory. Recycling and processing companies will not only be able to obtain sufficient raw material guarantees, but also receive national tax incentives. This is for companies that are the first to enter the environmental protection business. For China, large-scale modernization and formalization of waste home appliance recycling projects will be a major benefit. Looking at the current situation of recycling and recycling of used household appliances, China’s overall domestic level needs to be improved. In the past, scrapped household appliances were mostly dismantled and processed by small and medium-sized enterprises or even manual workshops, which not only caused a lot of pollution, but also had low efficiency. The upgrading and transformation of the market urgently requires the emergence of large-scale modern household appliance scrap processing companies. At present, China's domestic home appliances have entered the peak period of scrapping. According to data from authoritative departments, in 2009, the five major categories of home appliances: TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and computers.

Wind power generation in the United States has grown rapidly in recent years, but China's development in this area is not far behind. Data reported by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy show that mainland China has narrowly surpassed the United States to become the country with the fastest growth in wind power generation in the world. In terms of wind power growth in 2009, the number of new wind power generation projects in mainland China was 36%; the United States was only 36%. 26%. Although the growth rate of the United States is slightly lower, its total wind power generation still ranked first in the world by the end of 2009, with 35,000 megawatts; mainland China was about 25,853 megawatts; Germany's 20,000 megawatts were again 5,813 megawatts. The report pointed out that changes in the wind power market are difficult to track because of the conflict between the two opposing forces of economic recession and generous government policies. In addition, due to low natural gas prices, the wholesale price of electricity has also dropped, causing harm to the development of wind power. The Department of Energy also warned that electricity price competition will continue for some time, especially recently as many major oil companies are enthusiastically seeking to develop shale gas around the world. Therefore, even if the economy recovers in the future, natural gas prices should not rise. Wind power development costs also rose in 2009, averaging $2,120 per kilowatt. Due to rising costs, wind power generation options are less attractive than other power generation options. Of course, wind power development costs are likely to decrease in the future. There are more and more companies in the United States manufacturing wind turbine engine parts.

The European Commission is considering policy options for a variety of energy-consuming products and energy-related products, including imaging equipment categories, including DVD players and video recorders, projectors and video game consoles. The EU has commissioned the British consulting agency AEA to conduct a study on the imaging equipment category, and they are currently evaluating the opinions of industry players. The Environmental Design Directive (2009/125/EC) is an outline directive, which means that binding environmental design requirements are established through implementation measures for each product group. The directive itself only stipulates conditions and criteria for how to formulate implementation measures for various types of energy-consuming and energy-related products. If the industry does not have a self-regulatory plan, the EU will consider enacting enforcement measures. The European Commission considers energy efficiency to be an area where voluntary industry regulatory schemes are particularly likely to be effective. The industry has implemented three voluntary regulatory schemes. The first covers the energy consumption of televisions, video recorders and DVD players in standby states; the second covers household washing machines; and the third covers refrigerators and freezers. In addition to considering the standby energy consumption of DVD players and video recorders, projectors, and video game consoles, the European Commission must also explore other environmentally friendly design elements of such products, such as the market characteristics of the product, and the room for technical or economic improvement. , existing relevant laws, industry self-regulation standards, whether it is necessary to establish standards, etc. The European Commission will use the information obtained from the study to assess the impact of policy options and draft consultation documents. It has not yet been decided whether further voluntary regulatory agreements or binding measures are needed for the above product categories. June 1, 2010

In Datong City, Shanxi Province, an important media production area in mainland China, after special treatment, the garbage can replace coal and become a new power source for power generation. It is estimated that the annual power generation is about 200 million kWh, providing daily electricity consumption for more than 300,000 residents in Datong City for a year. Xinhua News Agency reported that Datong, Shanxi, known as the "Coal Capital of China", is one of the largest thermal coal bases in mainland China. However, after years of mining, its coal resources are close to exhaustion. Therefore, Shanxi has begun to promote "waste-to-energy" in recent years. "Waste-to-energy" can save land resources, eliminate land pollution, water pollution and air pollution caused by burial, achieve harmlessness, reduction and resource utilization, and promote the sustainable development of the environment and economy. China's garbage is usually kitchen waste, has high water content and low calorific value, a lot of residue, and is not separated and refined. To this end, China Sino-German Environmental Protection Co., Ltd., which is responsible for the establishment, has designed incineration power generation equipment suitable for the characteristics of Chinese waste. It is understood that by deepening the furnace, the temperature during garbage incineration will not be lower than 850 degrees Celsius, and the flue gas will stay in the high temperature layer for more than 3 seconds. After repeated rolling on the grate, garbage and straw can be fully mixed and burned. In addition, activated carbon fiber felt and bag dust collector can effectively remove dust and residual dioxin (dioxin in mainland China) in the flue gas. According to monitoring by the Monitoring and Analysis Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, the dioxin emission in Datong City is 0.034ng, which is lower than China’s environmental protection standards and better than EU standards. Zhang Jiangong, chairman of Datong Fuqiao Waste Incineration Power Generation Company, said that in addition to producing 200 million kWh of electricity annually, the ash generated by waste incineration can also be made into about

With strong support from the Canadian government, a number of clean energy and biotechnology companies in British Columbia have become global leaders in converting biomass into fuel. It is currently estimated that the global market for renewable energy produced from agricultural and forestry wastes is approximately CAD 200 billion, and the global market for fuels derived from biomass energy is estimated to be CAD 175 billion. The Canadian federal government's "Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)" funded 16 green energy technology projects amounting to CAD 58 million in January this year (2010), including 6 B.C. Provincial companies: Agrisoma Biosciences Inc., Automotive Fuel Cell Corp., Ballard Power Systems Inc., Exro Technologies Inc., HTEC Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corp. and Pulse Energy, Inc. These companies mainly develop energy for automobiles and electric vehicles and biomass technologies that have added value to Canadian agriculture and forestry. The BC Bioenergy Program was established by the British Columbia government in January 2008.

The National Technical Committee for Standardization of Paints and Pigments proposed the mandatory standard for toy coatings GB24613-2009 "Limits of Hazardous Substances in Toy Coatings". This mandatory standard will take effect on October 1, 2010. This standard applies to all types of toy coatings and stipulates the limits of harmful substances in toy coatings, test methods, packaging labeling and other requirements. Suppliers of coatings to toy manufacturers should ensure that their products comply with this national standard. Hazardous substance limit total lead content ≤600mg/kg Soluble element antimony (Sb) ≤60mg/kg Arsenic (As) ≤25mg/kg Barium (Ba) ≤1000mg/kg Cadmium (Cd) ≤75mg/kg Chromium (Cr) ≤ 60mg/kg Lead (Pb) ≤90mg/kg Mercury (Hg) ≤60mg/kg Selenium (Se) ≤500mg/kg Phthalate Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) ≤0.11 TP3T Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) Diisononyl phthalate (DINP) ≤0.1% Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) Phthalic acid Dioctyl ester (DNOP) Volatile organic compound content ≤720g/L The sum of toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene ≤30% Benzene

The Consumer Foundation randomly inspected a total of 28 toys on the market and online shopping channels, and found that 21% were substandard, 2 products contained plasticizers that were 100 times more than the standard, and 1 product contained excessive amounts of lead, which may affect children's intellectual development; Standards, Inspection and Quarantine Bureau Deputy Director Zhuang Suqin pointed out that businesses have been asked to remove all substandard products from the shelves. The Consumers Foundation and the Bureau of Standards and Inspection jointly conducted random inspections of 28 toys in hypermarkets, toy specialty stores and shopping websites in May this year (2099), and found 6 unqualified toys (21%), all from mainland China. Among them, the "Marine Animal Money Box" sold by Fubon MOMO shopping network and the "Korean-style Barbie" sold by Toys "R" Us in Carrefour Neihu store had plasticizers that exceeded the legal limit by 117 times and 126 times respectively. Zhuang Suqin said that the "phthalates" detected this time are a type of environmental hormones and are chemical substances that interfere with the endocrine secretion of organisms. They may disrupt the balance and function of children's original endocrine system and feminize men. , and increase the risk of breast cancer in women. In addition, the investigation also found that the "Korean-style Barbie" with a high plasticizer content failed to pass the heavy metal test. The "lead" content was 251ppm, which did not meet the national standard of 90ppm. It exceeded the standard by 2.8 times, which may cause Neurological damage in children. In the physical test part, a total of 4 objects were too small and may cause a suffocation hazard if children accidentally eat them. In addition, 5 objects did not meet the requirements during the "Chinese labeling" inspection, including the failure to label the importer's uniform number, batch number, and manufacturing number. Business address, warning sign

In order to achieve the goal of zero carbon dioxide emissions in the power sector as soon as possible, the European Union is working on a plan to unify the subsidy methods for renewable energy in the 27 EU countries. The promotion of renewable energy in Europe is mainly divided into two methods: Germany's fixed purchase price system and the UK's quota system. The former forces power companies to purchase renewable energy at a fixed price within a certain period of time; the latter forces power companies to use a certain proportion of renewable energy. Both methods have their own pros and cons, but from the perspective of the European Commission, only by adopting a consistent subsidy approach across the EU and abandoning national individualism can the goal of zero carbon dioxide emissions in the power sector be achieved by 2050. Guenther Oettinger, the EU's executive commissioner for energy, said that Europe needs to establish a common market for electricity. "That is to say, the production and consumption of electricity in different countries should become more and more common." In an interview with the Financial Times (Financial Times Deutschland), he gave the example of offshore wind farms in the UK that can store electricity in Switzerland and Norway. As for solar power plants in the deserts of North Africa, they can produce electricity for Europe, at least initially. Subsidies are also needed. There are 18 countries in the EU that adopt the German-style fixed purchase price system. Oettiner believes that this system should be extended to all of Europe. However, the level of subsidies involves the distribution of benefits, and the standards set by the EU are bound to cause a backlash from governments and industries in various countries. Oettiner assured that the proposed plan "both promotes renewable energy and encourages competition."

The Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives held the first round of hearings on reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) at the end of July 2010. At the hearing, members introduced the Toxic Chemical Safety Act of 2010. Bobby L. Rush pointed out in his presentation speech: The TSCA reforms introduced do not expect all parties to be satisfied, but one thing is very clear, that is, the American people want, need and demand to know the products, food and water, and housing they consume more than in the past. , chemicals in the surrounding environment. And they demand to know their associated uses, hazards, and exposure risks. Industry representatives who participated in the hearing expressed concern about TSCA's reform, while NGO groups agreed with it. It is reported that the current law governing hazardous substances in the United States is the Toxic Substances Control Act that took effect in 1976. However, it was promulgated too long ago. The U.S. government and the public believe that the current TSCA can no longer fulfill its purpose. Since 2009, the U.S. government There is an intention to reform TSCA. On July 22, 2010, Congressmen Rush and Waxman and others introduced the Toxic Chemical Safety Act of 2010 to amend TSCA. The main content of the Toxic Chemical Safety Act of 2010 is to establish a risk-based framework to ensure that all chemicals that pose a risk of public exposure are safe and strictly controlled. Industry is required to provide information to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "20

– Source: United News Network The Environmental Working Group (EWG) of the United States announced a shocking survey that found that 40% of the heat-sensing receipts, credit card signatures or statements that people get for daily shopping and cash withdrawals contain environmental hormones. Phenol A (BPA) affects human endocrine and increases the risk of heart disease or cancer. EWG collected 36 heat-sensitive receipts from restaurants, hypermarkets, grocery stores, gas stations and post offices in seven states and the Washington, D.C. area, and found that 40% contained bisphenol A. Scholar Werner also conducted a study on stores in suburban Boston and found that as many as eight out of ten stores contained bisphenol A in their receipts. This study was published in the "Green Chemistry Reviews" journal published on the 28th of last month. Warner said that he had known for several years that thermal-sensitive receipts contained bisphenol A. In order to confirm whether this toxic substance was still used in thermal-sensitive paper, he and his colleagues conducted research. The results showed that on the blank receipt paper collected, It was found that every 30 centimeters contains BPA ranging from 3 to 19 milligrams, which is a very high dose. After the EWG's research report was released, it aroused widespread response and discussion in the United States. Appleton Paper, the largest manufacturer of heat-sensitive paper receipts in the United States, clarified that it stopped using bisphenol A in 2006.

A pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the 9th pointed out that even a minimal increase in global temperatures will reduce rice production in Asia. Over the past 25 years, the output of many rice-producing areas in Asia has decreased by 10% to 20%. The trend of reduced rice production caused by global warming means that more people will fall into poverty and hunger. Researchers from the United States, the Philippines, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) examined the daily minimum and maximum temperature increases from 1994 to 1999 and analyzed the impact of six major rice producers: China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. A total of 227 irrigated rice fields in the country were affected by the yield. It was found that the main reason for the reduction in rice yield was the increase in daily minimum temperature. "When minimum temperatures rise, or when nights get hotter, that will cause rice yields to decrease," said Wilshey of the University of California, San Diego, the report's lead author. "To some extent, higher daytime temperatures will increase Rice production, but future yield reductions caused by higher nighttime temperatures will likely outweigh the increase in daytime temperatures, because nighttime temperatures rise faster. " He pointed out that if daytime temperatures rise too high, it will also begin to have an impact. Rice yield. If humans cannot change the way rice is produced or develop high-temperature-resistant rice seeds, then in the next ten years, rice production will decrease due to rising temperatures day and night: "This situation will worsen day by day, because by the middle of this century, temperatures will further Rising. "Rice is an important global cereal, with approximately three

European Commission Resolution 2010/376/EU came into effect on July 26, 2010, establishing safety requirements for five categories of common items in children's bedrooms. Data shows that children aged 0-5 years spend at least half of their day sleeping, so it is necessary to ensure that items in this environment will not harm children. The European Commission has formulated specific regulations in accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC, requiring the EU's standardization agencies to develop harmonized standards to reduce risks related to five categories of common products in children's bedrooms. These items are crib mattresses, children's sleeping bags, crib bumpers, baby hammocks and children's duvets. The associated risks include: •Baby mattresses: Improper design can cause entrapment and suffocation risks. For example, a mattress that is too small leaves gaps around it, which can lead to children being trapped or suffocated. Products that do not comply with flammability regulations also pose risks. •Infant sleeping bags and crib bumper pads: Risks of strangulation, suffocation and choking due to leakage of straps, loops, removable parts or filling. •Baby hammock: Due to improper design, especially unstable structure, children can be trapped, suffocated and injured. •Children's duvets: Suffocation and overheating risks, especially when safety information is lacking. Down quilts may also cause sudden death of babies due to hyperthermia and suffocation. The specific safety regulations for the above five categories of products are contained in the annex to European Commission Resolution 2010/376/EU. For example, a mattress cannot catch fire when exposed to flames or sparks, even if

On June 30, 2010, the Australian Competition and Consumer Products Commission (ACCC) issued a notice entitled "Supplier Bulletin - Lead and Certain Elements in Children's Toys and Finger Paints". In the announcement, based on the statutory standards that came into effect on January 1, 2010, the ACCC outlined the acceptable content of lead and specific elements in children's toys and finger paints, and recognized EN 71-3, ISO 8124.3 or AS/NZS ISO 8124.3 and EN 71-7 can be used for compliance testing. The advisory identifies the hazards of lead and other elements in children's toys and finger paints, as well as the responsibilities of suppliers in compliance with the above statutory standards. In addition, the announcement also defines the terms "children's toys" and "finger paint" as follows, and clarifies the applicable age range of children's toys with limited migration amounts of lead and specific elements: - Children's toys refer to children under 6 years old. brand new product. – Finger paint refers to pasty or gel-like colored preparations that children apply on the surface of objects with their fingers and hands. The following table lists the acceptable maximum leaching amounts of lead and other elements in children's toys and finger paints: Element product (mg/kg) Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, Selenium Content in toys 60 25 1000 75 60 90 60 500 Nail polish Content10 10 350 15 25 25 10 50 to 20

TSMC Chairman Zhang Zhongmou strongly recommends the cooperation between the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) and the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). He hopes that future new generation semiconductor machines will be environmentally friendly from the beginning and achieve the global semiconductor industry's common energy saving and carbon reduction goals. TSMC will send executives to Japan next week to discuss the establishment of this mechanism with WSC, hoping to establish a dialogue mechanism between WSC and SEMI. The Taiwan Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Exhibition (SEMICON Taiwan 2010) will start tomorrow (8th). This year, a green manufacturing area will be specially set up to focus on green and environmental protection issues. Xu Fangming, deputy director of TSMC's Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection Division, yesterday (6th) held a pre-show press conference to convey Zhang Zhongmou’s thoughts on promoting energy conservation and carbon reduction in the global semiconductor industry. Xu Fangming said that in May this year, as CEO of TSMC, Zhang Zhongmou attended the WSC energy conservation and carbon reduction report conference held in South Korea and pointed out that in the past ten years, the WSC has not clearly regulated the global semiconductor industry's voluntary energy conservation and carbon reduction, but Taiwan's semiconductor factories have self-discipline. It is gratifying to follow the WSC energy saving and carbon reduction goals. Zhang Zhongmou was optimistic that Taiwan's wafer manufacturers would be able to achieve the energy conservation and carbon reduction targets set by the WSC from 2001 to 2010 this year. — Source: Economic Daily

According to a study by a U.S. research institute and nearly 40 scientists from various countries, in addition to the gradual retreat of glaciers in Asia due to climate warming, early melting of glaciers may cause more droughts and affect local crop harvests. The survey report by the U.S. Geological Survey and 39 scientists from around the world pointed out that Asia includes glaciers in China, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bhutan and Kazakhstan. Among them, the glaciers in Bhutan have decreased by 8.1% in the past 30 years. The Chhota Shigri Glacier in the Indian Himalayas has decreased by 12% in the past 13 years. In addition, the Gangotri Glacier has also decreased in the past 16 years. 12% has been reduced. The report of the U.S. Geological Survey also pointed out that the glacier area in China is the second largest in Asia, with a total area of approximately 59,424.96 square kilometers. American scientist Ferrigno said, "The glaciers in the Himalayas are of greatest concern to the outside world because the glaciers here are It affects the lives of tens of millions of people and supplies water to rivers in northern India. Scientists believe that the melting of glaciers has a huge impact on agricultural activities in Asia during the dry season. However, due to the impact of climate warming, the melting time of glaciers will be earlier. Once added, Rainfall in spring or summer can easily cause flood disasters, especially areas near glaciers that are most vulnerable to flash floods. Research also points out that melting glaciers are related to the frequency of floods and droughts in Asia, and even to rising water levels around the world. —&

“碳交易非常重要，但中國國內總體上還處於嘗試階段。”中國國家發展改革委能源研究所ＣＤＭ（清潔發展機制）管理中心副主任劉強博士２３日在世博會英國館舉辦的“節能低碳”講座上作上述表示。 劉強表示，目前中國除了ＣＤＭ（清潔發展機制）市場發展較好，總體上還處於碳交易的嘗試階段，更多的是希望通過一些試點示範尋找對中國發展和減排有利的碳交易模式。對碳交易要以積極和謹慎的態度應對。 ８月上旬，中國國家發改委剛剛宣佈“五省八市”作為低碳省份和低碳城市試點。而北京、天津、上海也都已經成立了交易所，進行節能減排方面的交易工作試點。 在劉強看來，中國國內碳強度目標的提出儘管給碳交易提供了一個很好的政策信號和平台，但距離真正實現碳交易還有很多需要探討的問題，涉及機制、機構、參與模式、分配、基準線等各個方面，需要通過試點來解決。 此外，劉強指出，中國碳強度目標是一種自願性目標，和國際承諾沒有相關關係，不需要國際的ＭＲＶ（可測量、可報告和可核證）。在這種情況下，更需要考慮未來國內碳市場與國際碳市場的關係，以及不同機構在其中所扮演的角色，也需要通過試點來解決。 在歐洲，碳交易已經有了一定的發展，其經驗對中國節能減排