全球将投入5亿多美元清除POPs

联合国环境规划署(UNEP)近日表示，在《关于持久性有机污染物的斯德哥尔摩公约》于2004年5月17日正式生效之后，全球将投人超过5亿美元用于清除这些有毒化学品。该公约将削减和淘汰9种危险杀虫剂以及二噁英、呋喃、多氯联苯等共12种持久性有机污染物(POPs)的生产和使用。这是继《保护臭氧层公约》和《气候变化框架公约》之后，人     

履行《斯德哥尔摩公约》的化学品立法需求

介绍了《关于持久性有机污染物的斯德哥尔摩公约》的主要内容,分析了我国履约现状,提出了履约建议、措施：建立部委间协调机制;建立与公约要求一致的持久性有机污染物（POPs）削减和消除制度,并与现有的相关制度有效衔接;建立POPs筛查相关制度;建立疑似POPs或有毒化学品信息采集、风险评价和风险管理相关制度;积极采用适合市场经济体制的经济手段;加强POPs监测、处置、替代等相关研究。     

国外持久性有机污染物废物的环境无害化管理

随着《关于持久性有机污染物的斯德哥尔摩公约》的生效，各国将逐步加强对持久性有机污染物（POPs）问题的重视。POPs的环境无害化管理是履约的重要内容。介绍了相关国际公约和国际组织、部分国家有关POPs及其废物的环境无害化管理要求；分析了国外关于POPs废物的立法和管理状况、主要法律法规分类及其基本内容；总结了国外POPs废物管理的基本特点；指出了我国履行POPs公约需要不断完善POPs废物的环境无害化管理体系，并不断加强POPs废物的污染监督管理。     

蜂窝型催化剂氧化分解氯苯酚类污染物的研究

以过渡金属钒和钼的氧化物制得蜂窝型催化剂，采用扫描电子显微镜对催化剂表面组成进行了分析，并研究了其对一氯苯酚、二氯苯酚、三氯苯酚氧化分解的催化活性，考察了反应温度、空间速度对氧化过程的影响，通过比较氯苯酚类物质热解和催化氧化分解的产物，表明热解会产生二噁英等剧毒物质，而采用该种催化荆氧化时未检出二噁英等剧毒有害物质。     

国内简讯

消减POPs降低人类健康风险 2004年5月17日,又一项重大国际环境公约--《关于持久性有机污染物(POPs)的斯德哥尔摩公约》正式生效。目前已有151个国家签署、59个国家批准了该公约。我国是公约首批签署国之一,目前国内公约核准程序尚未完成。     

环境保护部、外交部等11部委发布公告禁止六溴环十二烷生产使用

正环境保护部、外交部等11部委近日联合发布关于《关于持久性有机污染物的斯德哥尔摩公约新增列六溴环十二烷修正案》生效的公告。公告指出,自2016年12月26日起,禁止六溴环十二烷的生产、使用和进出口。但根据《关于持久性有机污染物的斯德哥尔摩公约》,以下情形除     

持久性有机污染物及其危害

持久性有机污染物（POPs）是指具有高毒性,进入环境后难以降解,可生物积累,能通过空气、水和迁徒物种进行长距离越境迁移并沉积到远离其排放地点的地区,随后在那里的陆地生物系统和水域生态系统中积累起来,对当地环境和生物造成严重负面影响的天然或人工合成的有机物。     

环保部启动电子废物无害化处理项目

日前,“通过环境无害化管理减少电器电子产品持久性有机污染物和持久性有毒化学品排放全额示范项目”在北京正式启动。环境保护部对外合作中心副主任余立风在启动会上说,随着科技快速发展,电子新产品不断出现,电子废物处理也必须重视科技前沿、规范处理技术等,以避免产生新的污染。     

自来水厂常规净水工艺除有机污染物效果的监测

采用ＧＣ－ＭＳ／ＣＯＭＰ技术对宁波梅林水厂姚江水源水及各净水工序出水中的有机污染物进行了监测,结果表明,姚江水中主要有机污染物为苯系物、多环芳烃、染料及中间体等,水厂现有的常规净水工艺对上述有机污染物的去除率较低。     

关于转发“全球环境基金电子废物POPs减排全额示范项目之中国电器电子产品生态设计管理与技术政策研究的招标公告”的通知

<正>各有关单位:环境保护部环境保护对外合作中心(FECO)与联合国开发计划署(UNDP)合作开发了全球环境基金(GEF)"通过环境无害化管理减少电器电子产品的生命周期内持久性有机污染物和持久性有毒化学品(POPs/PTS)排放全额示范"项目。项目计划执行期为4年,总预算5 865万美元,其中GEF赠款1 165万美元。     

End-of-life vehicle recycling and automobile shredder residue management in Japan

The Japanese Government introduced the Law on Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV Recycling Law) in 2002. This law requires manufacturers to retrieve chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), airbags, and automobile shredder residue (ASR) from ELVs and to properly recycle the remaining materials. This framework is compared with European ELV directives. Pilot-scale incineration plant testing has revealed a greater formation of by-product persistent organic pollutants (POPs) during the primary combustion of ASR compared to normal municipal solid waste. This may be attributed to the abundance of chlorine, Cu, and Fe in ASR, as Cu and Fe have been found to catalyze the formation of POPs under certain conditions. However, most by-product POPs were destroyed by the secondary combustion, and almost all were removed after flue gas treatment. The direct melting system is a shaft-type gasification and melting technology that has proved effective in many municipal solid waste applications. This system can be applied to ASR recycling for effective decomposition of brominated flame retardants and polybrominated dioxins.     

Surrogate study for dioxins from municipal waste incinerator in startup condition: applicability as a dioxin control indicator and an organohalogen emission warning

Dioxins and their surrogates were continuously monitored during the startup of two municipal waste in cinerators (MWIs). The surrogates studied included low-volatility organohalogen compounds (LVOH) sampled by online systems, as well as chlorobenzenes (CBs) and chlorophenols (CPs). The changes in levels of LVOH, CBs, and CPs corresponded well with the trend of the toxicity equivalent quantity (TEQ). The correlation of LVOH with TEQ was fairly good, whereas that of CBs and CPs with TEQ was not consistent. The correlation of LVOH with TEQ involved a memory effect related to the delayed emission of less volatile compounds. The isomer analysis of the dioxins present under startup conditions showed evidence of the memory effect, i.e., highly chlorinated isomers were emitted slowly, whereas low-chlorinated isomers and LVOH decreased rapidly as the temperature rose. LVOH cannot act as a perfect dioxin surrogate, but it can give a versatile, quick, and comprehensive warning of the presence of organohalogen compounds because it is free from the memory effect and covers many kinds of organohalogen compounds, including dioxins.     

燃料乙醇行业环境污染控制评价指标体系的构建

在分析我国燃料乙醇行业基本信息的基础上,根据其原料特性、生产规模、生产技术、污染控制措施、环境管理等方面的特点,筛选出合适的指标,构建多层次燃料乙醇行业环境污染控制评价指标体系。运用层次分析法确定指标权重分值,建立燃料乙醇行业环境污染控制评价模型,并选取国内燃料乙醇典型企业进行调研,结合行业现状对该指标体系做出合理性和可行性分析。     

电子废弃物中持久性有机污染物分析检测方法的研究进展

针对目前电子废弃物中持久性有机污染物(POPs)尚未形成有效快速分析检测方法的问题,介绍了溶剂萃取、固相萃取、微波萃取和超临界流体萃取等POPs前处理技术的研究进展,总结了POPs的分析方法,如:气相色谱、液相色谱、气相色谱-质谱法、高分辨率气相色谱-高分辨质谱法等化学分析方法,以及生物传感器测定法、表面胞质团共振检测法、酶联免疫检测法等生物分析方法。分析了各方法的优劣,并提出了展望。     

钢铁行业典型HAPs的控制减排

针对钢铁行业有毒有害大气污染物(HAPs)的污染控制难题,以汞和二噁英为典型污染物,论述了钢铁行业HAPs排放特征及控制技术,介绍了HAPs的管控机制,提出了钢铁行业HAPs减排建议。     

Environmental impacts of post-consumer material managements: Recycling,biological treatments,incineration

The environmental impacts of recycling, mechanical biological treatments (MBT) and waste-to-energy incineration, the main management strategies to respond to the increasing production of post-consumer materials are reviewed and compared. Several studies carried out according to life-cycle assessment (LCA) confirm that the lowest environmental impact, on a global scale, is obtained by recycling and by biological treatments (composting and anaerobic fermentations) if compost is used in agriculture. The available air emission factors suggest that, on a local scale, mechanical biological treatments with energy recovery of biogas, may be intrinsically safer than waste-to-energy incinerators. Several studies confirm the capability of biological treatments to degrade many toxic xenobiotic contaminating urban wastes such as dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, an important property to be improved, for safe agricultural use of compost. Further LCA studies to compare the environmental impact of MBTs and of waste-to-energy incinerators are recommended.     

Noncombustion technologies for remediation of persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles and soil

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a set of chemicals that are toxic, persist in the environment for long periods of time, and biomagnify as they move up through the food chain. Combustion technologies have been the principal technology used to destroy POPs. However, combustion technologies can create polychlorinated dibenzo‐p‐dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo‐p‐furans, which are human carcinogens. Two organizations, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International HCH and Pesticides Association (IHPA) have developed detailed reports and fact sheets about noncombustion technologies for POP treatment. This article is intended to update and summarize these reports in a concise reader's guide, with links to sources of further information. The updated information was obtained by reviewing various Web sites and documents, and by contacting technology vendors and experts in the field. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Emission of dioxins/furans and other U-POPs from test burns of non-POP pesticides in a hazardous waste incinerator

This paper presents the results of test burns for obsolete pesticides (OPs) of the permethrin group in a high temperature incinerator (HTI) in Southeast Asia. Three test burn runs were conducted, a baseline run when no OP was fed to the incinerator, and two test runs with different mixtures of OP compounds (formula 1 and 2, refer to Table 1 for detail) containing chlorine in the feeding wastes. The unintentional formed persistent organic pollutants (U-POPs) including 17 dioxins/furans, 12 dioxin-like PCBs and 12 chlorobenzenes (CBs) were monitored in all input materials and all discharges (flue gas, scrubbing liquid and solid residues). The results show relatively high levels of the U-POPs in the flue gas emission with total dioxins/furans of 4.4, 3.4, and 8.4 ng I-TEQ/m³ in the baseline, test run 1 and test run 2, respectively, which are above international acceptable emission levels. The PCB levels in flue gas were, respectively, 0.01, 0.3 and 0.4 ng I-TEQ/m³. The baseline thus had similar U-POPs levels with the OP test runs.In stack emission, approximately 90% of the U-POPs and 100% of CBs were present in gas phase. The emission factors, mass of pollutants per metric ton (tonne) of input waste, of U-POPs associated with fly ash (from bag house) were the highest, followed by flue gas and bottom ash while those associated with scrubbing liquid were relatively low. Among the waste input material only the black toner power contained U-POPs, but at low levels. The profiles of the dioxins/furans and PCBs in the toner waste were significantly different from that in the discharges. Despite the overall good destruction and removal efficiency of permethrin (better than 90%) the high emission of U-POPs and CBs from the test burn is of another more serious concern. To our best knowledge the findings of this study are the first of this kind for the Southeast Asia. The findings emphasize that if not properly conducted a standard destruction technology of a non-POP chemical can lead to a release of a range of more dangerous U-POPs into the environment.     

Environmental fads and fallacies

Recycling, believed by many to be accomplished by separate collection or central separation, only increases the cost of waste management until someone buys the junk.Reuse with refundable deposits removes valuable items from the waste stream at the earliest possible point and directly rewards the person who does the work.Biodegradable plastics increase greenhouse gases in comparison to conventional plastics if deposited in a landfill. Biofuels have a very minor effect on greenhouse gases because they represent only a few years retention of carbon, in contrast to fossil fuels which have been stored for millions of years.Composting is not recycling, but the destruction of one-half of the energy value of wastes with the production of a humus similar to, but not as good as, that produced in all good soils. As NPK fertilizer, compost is seldom worth the energy necessary to spread it although it has many special uses to improve poor soils.A large number of the perceived risks from e.g. PVC, dioxins, incineration, furnace ash, waste fuel oil, etc. are derived from assumptions that have been unsupported or refuted by later studies, but which remain strongly entrenched in the public mind.Since it is not possible to set a practical scientific definition of hazardous wastes, legal definitions are established. Some of these limits are influenced by active lobbying of interested commercial parties and may bear little relation to environmental or health risks.Competition between environmental authorities to set the lowest limits for toxic emissions has led to scientifically absurd and destructively expensive legal limits on “popular” pollutants. The result is a greater exposure to other hazards that must be neglected due to lack of funds.