Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organizes the preparation of a "road map for reducing the mercury content of fluorescent lamps"

In order to implement the State Council's "12th Five-Year Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction" and the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Heavy Metal Pollution" to reduce the mercury content of fluorescent lamps and improve the clean production level of the industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has compiled a Fluorescent lamp containing mercury roadmap" for comments.

In 2011, China's fluorescent lamp production was about 7 billion, accounting for more than 80% of global production. Among them, the output of compact fluorescent lamps is about 4.7 billion, and exports are 2.8 billion; the output of other types of fluorescent lamps is about 2.3 billion, and the output is 770 million. According to the industry standard “Limited Requirements for Toxic and Hazardous Substances in Lighting Electrical Products” issued in 2008, compact fluorescent lamps contain up to 5 mg of mercury, and straight tube fluorescent lamps contain up to 10 mg of mercury. It consumes tens of tons of mercury.

Advanced economies such as Europe and the United States have proposed to reduce the mercury content of fluorescent lamps. The European Union issued a directive in 2010 that compact fluorescent lamps (power less than 30 watts) should not contain more than 2.5 milligrams of mercury from 2013; relevant fluorescent standards in the United States require compact fluorescent lamps (power less than 25 watts) containing no more than 4 milligrams of mercury. . The negotiation of the International Convention on Mercury proposes that countries will gradually ban the use of mercury after the entry into force of the Convention.

China is a big country in the production and export of fluorescent lamps. The development of the fluorescent lamp industry faces both international and domestic pressures. Gradually reducing the mercury content of fluorescent lamps not only protects the environment and human health, but also promotes the transformation and upgrading of the industry.

China has mastered the production process of mercury-fixing fluorescent lamps, and high-performance low-mercury amalgam and other supporting materials have also been localized, which can effectively reduce the mercury content of fluorescent lamps and reduce mercury emissions during production and recycling. At present, China has developed a compact fluorescent lamp with a mercury content of not more than 0.5 mg; compact fluorescent lamps containing no more than 1.5 mg of mercury have grown rapidly, accounting for more than 30% of the total output, and the product performance meets the relevant national standards. The production cost has not increased significantly, providing a solid technical basis for accelerating the reduction of mercury content in fluorescent lamps.

It is necessary to gradually reduce the mercury content of fluorescent lamps. For fluorescent lamps with a power of not more than 60 watts and domestically produced for general lighting, the mercury content will be gradually reduced in three stages (see the table below).


On this basis, it is estimated that by 2014, by eliminating the liquid mercury process, the mercury emissions in the production process will be reduced by about 20 tons compared to 2010. By 2015, the average mercury content of a single fluorescent lamp product is about 80% lower than that of 2010, and more than half of the fluorescent lamps contain less than 1 mg of mercury. The total annual mercury use in the industry has dropped from about 60 tons in 2010 to around 10 tons.

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