China’s New Pollutants Treatment: A Long Way to Go

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China MEE Steps Up New Pollutant Monitoring System Establishment Mar 14, 2024
China MEE is currently soliciting public feedback on the draft framework for the standard system concerning new pollutants monitoring.

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China Has Comprehensively Phased out 8 New Pollutants Jan 22, 2024
On January 9, 2024, the MEE issued a notice, announcing that China has comprehensively phased out eight types of chemicals included in the List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (2023). Their import, export, manufacture, process and use have been prohibited in China from January 1, 2024.

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Shanghai to Regulate Microplastics and BPA as Key New Pollutants from March 2023 Feb 08, 2023
On February 3, 2023, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment released Shanghai’s list of new pollutants subject to priority management, which will come into force on March 1, 2023.

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Meet the Press: China MEE Explains Regulation of New Pollutants for Priority Management Jan 19, 2023
After issuing the List of New Pollutants for Priority Management on January 13, 2023, China MEE was asked about the background for formulating such a list, its contents and implementation issues. The answers are compiled in a Q&A format on the MEE website on January 13, 2023.

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Shanghai Issues Work Plan for New Pollutants Treatment (Updated on Jan 13, 2023) Jan 13, 2023
To push forward the management of new pollutants, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment drafted and made public on November 1 the Work Plan for New Pollutants Treatment in Shanghai (Draft) for public comments. Comments are welcome before November 7, 2022.

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Provinces and Cities in China Release Local Work Plans for New Pollutants Treatment (Updated in Feb 2023) Feb 07, 2023
Many provincial administrative regions of China, including Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Sichuan, etc., have released their own work plans for new pollutants treatment. For other administrative regions, the corresponding documents may be made public soon, or later. ChemLinked will keep a close eye and update the latest information.

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China Issues First List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (Updated on Dec 30, 2022) Dec 30, 2022
On December 30, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment made public the List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (2023), which will come into force on March 1, 2023.

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China Outlines Action Plan to Control New Pollutants May 26, 2022
On May 24, 2022, the Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment (hereinafter referred to as the Plan) was approved by the Chinese General Office of the State Council and officially released. Some changes have been made compared to the draft version that was issued for public comments on October 11, 2021. Main changes are summarized in this article.

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China Steps Up Efforts in Source Control over Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals May 25, 2022
The Chinese General Office of the State Council officially released the approved Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment, according to Notice No.15 of 2022 issued on May 24, 2022, which vows to improve the China’s new pollutants treatment capacity significantly by 2025. The Plan was drafted to solicit public comments in October of 2021, which had attracted widespread attention from the industry.

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China’s New Pollutants Treatment: A Long Way to Go Dec 03, 2021
On November 26, 2021, a virtual forum on ‘new pollutants treatment’ was held by the Chemical Safety Civil Partnership Network (CSN) and REACH24H, in which experts, enterprises and NGOs were invited to shared and exchanged their opinions on the new pollutants management.

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China to Tighten New Pollutants Management, Industries Facing Challenges on Source Control over Toxic and Hazardous Chemical Substances Oct 12, 2021
On October 11, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published a notice to seek public feedback on the draft Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment. The draft Plan outlines the general requirements, goals and six major measures for new pollutants treatment, as well as the first batch of new pollutants for priority management in the annex. The consultation will end on October 22, 2021.

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