The proportion of VOC coating products reached 60% in 2018

On July 8, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Notice of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Finance on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds in Key Industries" (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Joint Section [2016] No. 217), announcing the implementation of the "Made in China 2025" (GF [2015] No. 28) and the "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan" (GF [2013] No. 37), accelerate the implementation of the implementation guidelines for green manufacturing projects, promote the reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in key industries, enhance the level of industrial green development, improve the quality of the atmospheric environment, and enhance the green level of manufacturing. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized the preparation of the ''Volatile Organic Compounds Reduction in Key Industries Action Plan, and issued to all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities under separate state planning, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps industry and information technology departments, finance departments (bureaus), and relevant industry associations. The planned implementation period is 2016-2018.

According to the understanding of the Water-based Technology Application Committee of the China Chemical Industry Association, according to the main target set by the Plan, the proportion of low (no) VOC coating products will reach 60% by 2018!

The plan points out that industry is the key area of VOC emissions, accounting for more than 50% of the total emissions. Industrial emission sources are complex, mainly involving production, use, storage and transportation, among which: VOC emissions from petroleum refining and petrochemical, coatings, inks, adhesives, pesticides, automobiles, packaging and printing, rubber products, synthetic leather, furniture, footwear and other industries account for more than 80% of total industrial emissions. VOC emissions in the industrial industry have the characteristics of high intensity, high concentration, and many types of pollutants. It is difficult to recycle and reuse, and the cost is high, which is the focus of VOC reduction in the industrial field.

At present, the situation of air pollution prevention and control is grim. Accelerating the reduction of VOC in key industries is of great significance to promote the green development of industry, promote the improvement of atmospheric environmental quality, and protect human health.

Therefore, the idea put forward in the plan is to take technological progress as the main line, adhere to the source reduction and process control as the focus, take into account the whole process prevention and control concept of end treatment, give full play to the main role of enterprises, strengthen policy support and guidance, promote enterprises to implement raw material substitution and clean production technology transformation, improve the level of clean production, and promote the green transformation and upgrading of the industry.

The main objectives set out in the Plan are: by 2018, VOC emissions from the industrial sector will be reduced by more than 3.3 million tons compared with 2015, the use of solvents and additives such as benzene, toluene, xylene and dimethylformamide (DMF) will be reduced by more than 20%, and the proportion of low (no) VOC green pesticide formulations, coatings, inks, adhesives and tire products will reach 70%, 60%, 70%, 85% and 40% respectively.

The main task of the coating industry is to focus on the promotion of green coating products such as water-based coating, powder coating, high solid coating, solvent-free coating, radiation curing coating (UV coating) and so on.

The "Plan" pointed out that it is necessary to implement technological transformation projects. In the furniture industry, wooden furniture manufacturing enterprises promote the application of water-based paints with low VOC content, and encourage the transformation of "oil to water" processes and equipment; soft furniture enterprises promote the application of water-based adhesives. In the automotive industry, the coating process promotes water-based coatings, high-solid coatings instead of solvent-based coatings, and promotes efficient coating processes such as electrostatic spraying, flow coating, roller coating, dip coating, and advanced intelligent coating equipment.

In addition, the "Plan" also proposes to implement recovery and comprehensive treatment projects, encourage enterprises to implement closed, continuous, and automated technical transformations in the production process, establish a closed negative pressure exhaust gas collection system, and operate simultaneously with the production process. Take the closed operation, and equipped with efficient solvent recovery and waste gas degradation system. According to the VOC emission concentration and composition of different industries, select catalytic combustion, regenerative combustion, adsorption, biological method, condensation collection and purification, electronic incineration, ozone oxidation deodorization, plasma treatment, photocatalysis and other targeted treatment technologies with obvious treatment effect to treat and dispose of VOC-containing waste gas.

In order to ensure the smooth realization of the goals proposed in the plan, the plan also proposes to increase policy guidance and support. The competent departments of industry and information technology at all levels should make full use of special construction funds, green credit and other funding channels to support industrial enterprises. Implement VOC reduction technology transformation, and give priority to support qualified VOC reduction technology transformation projects. Relevant local financial departments may include VOC reduction technical transformation projects in key industries that meet the requirements into the scope of support for the central air pollution prevention and control special funds. In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will also organize the development of VOC reduction key industries related to green design product evaluation standards, carry out green design product evaluation work, release green design product list, and promote the green development of the industry. Strengthen the standard publicity, establish design demonstration enterprises, and lead enterprises to continuously improve the level of clean production technology.