Sustainable Development of Green Coatings (I)

The rise of green paint The concept of “green building materials” was put forward for the first time at the first International Material Science Research Conference in 1988. Green has become a symbol of human environmental aspirations. Green building materials refer to the health, environmental protection, safety, and fire-fighting building materials harmless to the human body and surrounding environment that are produced by the use of cleaner production technologies, which use less natural resources and energy, and that use large amounts of industrial or urban solid wastes. Ecological building materials, "healthy building materials" or "environmental building materials." In 1992, the international academic community clearly put forward the definition of green materials: Green materials are materials that minimize the global environmental load and contribute to human health in the production of raw materials, manufacturing, use or recycling, and waste disposal, also known as "green materials." Environmentally harmonized materials." As a kind of green building materials, green environmental protection coatings are also the evaluations of the “health, environmental protection, and safety” properties of coatings, including the evaluation and synthesis of the five links of production raw materials, production process, construction process, use process, and waste disposal. Evaluation. The basic function of green paint is not only the basic practicality of architectural paints, but also the maintenance of human health and the protection of the environment.
Therefore, compared with traditional paints, green paints should have the following five characteristics: Use less or no natural resources, and use wastes such as tailings, waste residue, garbage, and waste liquids as renewable resources. The use of low-energy manufacturing processes and the use of clean production techniques minimize emissions of waste gases, waste residues and waste water, or allow them to be effectively treated. No formaldehyde, halides, solvents, or aromatic hydrocarbons may be used during product preparation or production; products must not contain mercury and its compounds, and lead, cadmium, chromium, and their compounds and additives must not be used. Strictly control the amount of VOC emitted from the coating, prohibit the use of toxic and harmful solvents, so that the product not only does not harm human health, but also beneficial to human health, the product must have multi-function: such as anti-bacterial, anti-mildew, heat insulation, flame retardant, fire prevention , temperature control, noise elimination, degaussing, anti-radiation, anti-static and so on. Products can be recycled or recycled for use, without polluting the environment. As human beings continue to increase their awareness of their own health and environmental protection, people’s consumer demand for green paints has become increasingly strong. Therefore, on December 10, 2001, the State approved the issuance of 10 compulsory national standards, such as the “Limits for Harmful Substances in Interior Decoration Materials”. From January 1, 2002, the products produced by enterprises should implement the 10 items. As of July 1, 2002, the market has stopped selling products that do not meet the 10 national standards. One of them is the GB18582-2001 "National Standard for the Limits of Harmful Substances in Interior Decoration Materials for Interior Wall Coatings". Its technical requirements include (1) volatile organic compounds (VOC) (g/I) ≤ 200; (2) free formaldehyde (g/Kg) ≤ 0.1; (3) Heavy metals (mg/Kg): soluble lead ≤ 90, soluble cadmium ≤ 75, soluble chromium ≤ 60, soluble mercury ≤ 60, etc. The introduction of these mandatory standards will undoubtedly promote the development of green paint as the mainstream of the paint industry. At the same time, green paint will also become one of the important contents of the sustainable development strategy for paint manufacturers.
The sustainable development of green paint From the perspective of the enterprise, the sustainable development of architectural coatings should be such that the production-distribution-circulation-consumption of architectural coatings can be carried out in a cyclical manner. . In order to achieve this, it is required to have sustainable production, optimize fair distribution, smooth and efficient circulation, and civilized consumption, and must have continuous factor input. However, the necessary condition for realizing this cycle is that the products it produces are green and environmentally friendly because only environmentally friendly coating products can have a strong vitality and enable companies to achieve sustainable development. Therefore, the development of "green environmental protection coatings" is the premise for the survival and development of coatings companies in the 21st century, which is of great significance. The specific performance in the following areas: reduce environmental pollution, leaving a clean space for future generations. At present, the large-scale use of architectural coatings is still an important source of pollution release, because the pollution emissions of coatings in the production and use of the process will not only cause damage to the atmosphere and the environment, but also directly affect people's health. Improve the company's position in the minds of consumers, establish and improve corporate image. Any company’s marketing activities are centered on consumer demand. With environmental pollution becoming increasingly serious, environmental awareness is gradually increasing in people’s minds. People consider environmental indicators as a very important factor when selecting products. Factors to consider. For coating products, the factory produces only semi-finished products, and there is a special interactive link for the use of process evaluation between the form of the decorative protection of the end-use application. Therefore, paint manufacturers must cater to this kind of purchasing psychology of consumers, strive to produce "green paint" and meet the needs of consumers. In this way, companies can ultimately win consumers, establish a good corporate image in the minds of consumers, and improve their business. The popularity is in the market competition. Resist the impact of green trade barriers and promote the export of products. With the increasing awareness of environmental protection in the world, new opportunities and challenges are presented for international trade. Various governments have adopted various trade restrictions in order to achieve environmental protection goals, and to encourage exports, limit imports, and increase international trade surpluses. Such as: the collection of environmental import surcharges, environmental fees, the implementation of international environmental standards and so on. This has a profound effect on the export of foreign currency in China's products. Therefore, "green trade barriers" have become an obstacle that is hard to get rid of in China's trade sector. Therefore, our coatings companies must produce more “green environmental protection coatings”, pegged to international standards, closely follow the trend of the world, develop more and more extensive green markets for China’s foreign trade exports, implement “green marketing”, and strive to overcome Obstacles to the protection of green trade, and strive for more foreign exchange. It is worth noting that the production of green paint products has brought great profits to many companies, especially some large companies with advanced paint production technology and abundant funds, and have already taken the lead in this regard. Producing green paints requires companies to invest in technology and equipment, which is a significant cost for any company. Therefore, in a sense, fierce market competition has intentionally or unintentionally used green technology to eliminate some backward and outdated small enterprises and small enterprises that are still to be constructed. This is the law of the market economy and the sustainable development of the company. Required courses. (To be continued)

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