The Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force in August. LED lighting will welcome more room for development

The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced on July 20 that the Minamata Convention on Mercury will enter into force on August 16, 2017. Starting from 2021, china will phase out the production and use of mercury-containing batteries and fluorescent lamps required by the Minamata Convention on Mercury. By 2032, all primary mercury mines will be shut down. The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced on July 20 that the Minamata Convention on Mercury will enter into force on August 16, 2017. Starting from 2021, china will phase out the production and use of mercury-containing batteries and fluorescent lamps required by the Minamata Convention on Mercury. By 2032, all primary mercury mines will be shut down. Yu Lifeng, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Foreign Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, announced China's timetable for the implementation of the contract at the press conference: from 2021, china will phase out the production and use of mercury-containing batteries and fluorescent lamps required by the Minamata Convention on Mercury; VCM (Vinyl chloride produces mercury-containing wastewater) The production industry has reduced the usage per unit product by 50 in 2021 (On the basis of 2010); By 2032, all primary mercury mines will be shut down; According to the emission sources of coal-fired electric fields, the emission compilation will be completed by 2020, the key control sources will be clearly defined, and the emission reduction targets and measures will be determined. Yu Lifeng introduced that in order to implement the convention, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has revised a number of mercury-related emission standards with relevant departments and evaluated the current status of ten major mercury-related industries, the preparation of the strategic action plan was initiated. The next step will be to control the source, reduce the amount, and develop alternative technologies to jointly promote the reduction of the Mercury industry, and to carry out the management of mercury-containing waste and contaminated sites in a planned and step-by-step manner. The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a new sexual convention in the field of environment and health in the past decade to urge the government to take concrete measures to control man-made mercury pollution. Mercury, commonly known as Mercury, is a liquid metal at normal temperature and is widely used in various products and processes. The production, use and emission of mercury and its compounds will cause environmental pollution. In severe cases, it will cause dysfunction of nervous, immune and reproductive systems of human and mammalian animals, especially for fetuses and pregnant women. According to UNEP data, mercury emissions are as high as 8900 tons per year. China is a large mercury producer and emitter. In order to prevent environmental mercury pollution, Mercury has been listed as one of the key heavy metals under control. In fact, Mercury has been listed as one of the five priority heavy metals in the early 12th Five-Year Plan, and it is proposed to carry out prevention and control of atmospheric mercury emission pollution. In October 2013, at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Organized, the Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted, and China signed the convention as the first signatory countries. April 2016 12th National People's Congress standing approved October 2013 by the government of the People's Republic of China representative in Kumamoto signed of the on Mercury of Minamata Convention '. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, there are 128 signatories to the convention so far. The Minamata Convention includes fluorescent lamps and high-pressure mercury lamps as restricted and phased-out products, including compact fluorescent lamps for general lighting purposes, for straight fluorescent lamps used for general lighting and high-pressure mercury lamps used for general lighting, the specific time requirements for product production, import or export are as above. The contract is a win-win process for developing countries like China. At the same time, the contract is forced to eliminate backward production capacity and improve the technical level of related industries. Since human society entered the era of electrical lighting, fluorescent lamps have been widely used in the world as energy-saving lighting sources. Fluorescent lamps mainly include straight tube fluorescent lamps and compact fluorescent lamps (Energy-saving lamps). The principle is to excite mercury vapor to radiate invisible ultraviolet rays, which excite the fluorescent powder on the inner wall of the lamp tube and emit visible light, so most fluorescent lamps contain mercury. Mercury is highly volatile and is a highly toxic substance and is classified as a sexual pollutant by the United Nations Environment Programme. China is currently the largest producer and user of fluorescent lamps. Since 2008, the government has actively implemented green lighting projects from the perspective of power saving to speed up the elimination of inefficient lighting products, thus causing mercury pollution of waste lamps, let our country's mercury pollution situation face more severe challenges. In fact, a large number of mercury-containing energy-saving lamps will be discarded as ordinary garbage after their life expires, but most citizens do not know that mercury-containing waste energy-saving lamps are very harmful to the environment. When fluorescent lamps are buried as common waste, of Mercury will be released into the air or water. The environmental cost to water and soil may far exceed the environmental cost brought by the energy saved by its so-called energy conservation. China Lighting Appliances Association calls on relevant enterprises in the industry to actively respond, promote China's implementation of the obligations of the convention, and do a good job in the reduction and elimination of fluorescent lamps and high-pressure mercury lamps. At the same time, we should improve the whole society's understanding of the pollution of waste fluorescent lamps, enhance the concept of recycling and scientific disposal of waste fluorescent lamps, and jointly maintain the ecological environment, effectively alleviate the potential harm caused by waste fluorescent lamps to the environment and health. With the entry into force of the convention, LED lighting will usher in greater development space in the future and will undoubtedly become the mainstream technology route.