| 英文摘要 |
This project was implemented from December 31, 2011 to the end of December 2012. The project's chief goal was to study the feasibility of measures restricting the mercury content of lighting products, promote heavy metal source reduction for dry cell batteries and related products, and continue to implement the restriction/prohibition of mercury-containing products such as dry cell batteries and mercury thermometers. The project's chief results as followed. (1) Analytical reports concerning the current state of lighting product handling in Taiwan were compiled using field surveys at sales locations, questionnaire to manufacturers and importers, and testing of the mercury content in 40 types of lighting products. Following assessment of domestic mercury-containing lighting products, random testing of fluorescent tubes, which were handled in large quantities and contain a certain percentage of mercury, found that such tubes contained a level of mercury higher than foreign limits, and it was therefore recommended that fluorescent tubes be given priority for regulation. (2) The project personnel assisted implementing organizations in completing an audit and random testing of 100 specific types of mercury-containing batteries. This audit found that 100% of the tested batteries were in compliance (<5ppm), and the compliance rate has consequently remained above 99% for the past five years. Furthermore, the project completed testing of 100 types of disposable batteries for mercury, cadmium, and lead, and the compiled test results over the years for mercury, cadmium, and lead in dry cell batteries showed that at least 20% of designated batteries had a cadmium content exceeding the European Union limit (<20 ppm), therefore there was clearly a need to control such batteries, and the project consequently submitted the revised draft announcement "Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Dry Cell Batteries," and relevant accompanying regulations, after review. (3) The project continued to collect information on methods used overseas to implement source management of heavy metals in consumer products, and proposed the addition or tightening of restrictions on the lead and cadmium content in toys, jewelry, and accessories products. The project recommended that competent authorities in charge of industries producing relevant products (such as the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection) implement control in accordance with the law (such as by drafting CNS standards). (4) The project helped review and approve 187 confirmation documents for the mercury content of dry cell batteries, and compiled the results of audits of mercury-containing products by the enforcement authority. The audit compliance rate was found to be consistently above 99%.
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