Six types of petrochemical and chemical process equipment are to be phased out by a set deadline, effective from January 1, 2022

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The phased elimination of 6 types of petrochemical and chemical processing equipment is to take effect on January 1, 2022. In order to accelerate the phasing out of outdated production processes and equipment that generate industrial solid waste causing severe environmental pollution, and to continuously improve the level of green development in the industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has recently released a list of such outdated processes and equipment, which will come into effect on January 1, 2022. There are 6 types of petrochemical process equipment that are to be phased out within a set time limit, namely the informal refining processes for used rubber and plastics ； Intermittent coke process for carbon disulfide production ； High-mercury catalyst production equipment (mercuric chloride content of 6.5% or more) ； Acetylene process PVC production plant using high-mercury catalysts ； Equipment for producing chromium compounds through calcium calcination ； Production facilities for sodium methoxide, potassium methoxide, sodium ethoxide, potassium ethoxide, polyurethanes, acetaldehyde, caustic soda, and pesticides that use mercury or mercury compounds. Compared to the draft for comments, the re-refining process for waste mineral oil using the sulfuric acid/activated clay method has been removed ； Batch distillation soil refining process for used mineral oil ； There are three petrochemical processes in chromium salt production: the sulfuric acid method for producing sodium dichromate and chromic anhydride. In addition, the Directory also includes home-made coking in the steel industry (including improved coke ovens), the process of producing tertiary amines using fatty acids in the light industry, and the sulfonation process using fuming sulfuric acid. It is reported that the “Catalog” identifies outdated production processes and equipment that need to be phased out in industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, gold, pharmaceuticals, machinery, shipbuilding, and light industry. The year in parentheses after each entry indicates the deadline for phasing out; entries without such a deadline indicate that **the industry policy mandates phasing them out either immediately or at a specified time.