Glass EU POPS testing requirements
Date：2024-10-16 09:31:22 Classification
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The EU's control of persistent organic pollutants (POPS) is mainly based on the Stockholm Convention and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Protocol to the Convention on Long-Term Transboundary Air Pollution. The EU has adopted a series of regulations to implement these international agreements, including strict restrictions on the production, marketing and use of POPS. According to European Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, the following is an overview of POPS testing requirements that may be involved in the glass industry:
1. Prohibitions and restrictions: Regulations prohibit or restrict the production, marketing and use of certain POPS substances, including those listed by the Stockholm Convention and the Convention on Long-term Transboundary Air Pollution.
2. Exemptions: Under certain specific conditions, exemptions exist for the manufacture and use of certain substances as on-site restricted intermediates in closed systems.
3. Inventory management: Inventories containing or containing POPS need to be managed in accordance with regulations, including disposal as waste and notification to relevant authorities.
4. Reducing emissions: Member States are required to develop action plans to identify, minimize and, where possible, eliminate the release of POPS as by-products of industrial processes.
5. Waste management: Regulations require appropriate management of waste containing POPS to ensure that the POPS content is destroyed or irreversibly converted into substances that do not exhibit similar properties.
6. Information exchange: The regulations encourage the exchange of information on the reduction, minimization or elimination of POPS and alternatives among member states and with third countries.
7. Implementation Plan: Member States are required to develop and update national implementation plans to fulfill their obligations under the Convention.
8. Monitoring: Regulations require the establishment or maintenance of appropriate procedures and mechanisms to regularly provide comparable monitoring data on the presence of POPS in the environment.
9. Public Awareness: The regulations emphasize increasing public awareness of the hazards of POPS and promoting public awareness programs on the health and environmental effects of these substances.
For the glass industry, if substances that may contain POPS are used in the production process, or the products need to be exported to the EU, then POPS testing is necessary. This not only helps ensure that products comply with EU regulations, but also reflects the company's environmental protection responsibilities. Especially if substances such as brominated flame retardants (e.g., tetrabromobisphenol A, pentabromodiphenyl ether, etc.) are used in glass products, these products may need to undergo POPS testing to ensure that they do not exceed the prescribed limit. concentration limits.
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