Enterprises Should Pay Close Attention To And Follow The Progress Of The New NPE Regulations.

Recently, the European Union issued new regulations.

The content of nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE) in the product should not exceed 0.01%.

The pitional period is 5 years, and products that do not meet the requirements will not be allowed in the EU after the expiry date.

Selling or importing.

Analysis of the industry, the introduction of this regulation will have a greater impact on Quanzhou's textile exports to the European Union.

It is understood that NPE is a non-ionic surfactant with good penetration, emulsification and dispersion properties. It is widely used in cleaning, dyeing and washing processes in the production of textiles.

According to relevant information, NPE is the most commonly used detergent and dyeing auxiliaries in textile industry, accounting for more than 80% of China's market share.

However, NPE is a globally recognized environmental hormone with persistence and bioaccumulation. Once released into the environment, it will last for a long time, and can enter the food chain, affecting the normal reproduction and development of organisms.

Once NPE enters the environment, the textile will decompose into stronger toxic environmental hormone NP (Ren Jifen).

Analysis of the industry, because NPE is the most commonly used detergent and dyeing auxiliaries in the textile industry, at present, more than 50% of the textile products on the market can not meet the EU NPE limit requirements, including printing and dyeing.

Chemical fiber and other enterprises are particularly prominent. Therefore, more than half of the products will be faced with risk of elimination.

In addition, in order to meet the requirements of the new EU regulation, the production enterprises need to upgrade and upgrade the processes such as scouring, bleaching and dyeing. The process is complex and the parameter control is difficult. The cost of the enterprises is increased, and the raw material and testing cost may increase by 10% to 30%.

Insiders remind that enterprises should pay close attention to and follow the progress of the new regulations of NPE, understand the specific contents of the ban, take the initiative to formulate detailed coping strategies, make use of the pitional period of regulations, improve the production process, do research and development of NPE alternative products, enhance the level of clean production technology, improve the quality management system, strengthen the quality control of the raw materials and production process, and ensure the quality of the export products comply with the laws and regulations and contract requirements of the importing countries.