The website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the Notice on Application for Alternative Projects of Mercury Reduction and High Toxic Pesticide Substitution for Clean Production Project on the 9th. The project implementation period is from 2013 to 2015.

According to the Notice, the scope of alternative projects for high toxic pesticides is: projects that use low toxic pesticide products to replace the original high toxic pesticide products, or projects that implement cleaner production technology transformation of the original process to achieve significant reduction in the production of toxic and harmful substances.

The general requirements for application are as follows: 1. The project conforms to the national industrial policy, excluding the obsolete process and equipment in the current national industrial structure adjustment catalogue; 2. The project is a technical transformation project for existing enterprises, and no new capacity will be added after implementation in principle; 3. The technology adopted in the project refers to but is not limited to the industry cleaner production promotion and application technology issued by the state; 4. Projects that have been declared or have been supported by the central financial funds shall be clearly indicated; 5. The total investment in fixed assets of the project shall not be less than 10 million yuan.

The specific requirements for the application of high toxic pesticide substitution projects are as follows: The implementation subject of high toxic pesticide substitution projects should be designated pesticide production enterprises, focusing on supporting the project of high toxic pesticide substitution products such as scale insects, resistant cotton bollworm, root-knot nematode, underground pests, rice weevil, rice borer, storage pests, wheat aphid, etc., the project of cleaner production technology transformation of herbicide and pesticide high pollution process, and the optimization of pesticide dosage form Environment-friendly pesticide preparations and other projects.

Source: World Agrochemical Network