On June 30, 2020, with the approval of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision, Beijing issued the "Laboratory Volatile Organic Compound Pollution Prevention and Control Technical Specifications" (DB 11/T 1736-2020). The standard will be implemented on October 1. This standard is the country’s first technical specification in the field of laboratory VOCs pollution prevention and control. It stipulates the basic requirements for laboratory VOCs pollution prevention, the use and operation of organic solvents, the collection and purification of organic waste gas, and other requirements to reduce laboratory VOCs emissions and ensure laboratory operators are safe and healthy, and the ambient air quality is improved.
Note: The news comes from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision