By Geng Xiaoyan
The reporter learned from a work conference held by the District Environmental Protection Bureau that according to the requirements of Shanghai Municipal Government, Hongkou will organize a campaign to eliminate pollution of volatile organic compounds from the dry cleaning sector, stop using open-type dry cleaning machine and complete renovation and updating of open-type dry cleaning machine by the end of 2015. Qian Yuanyun, Deputy District Governor, attended the conference and made requirements on the campaign.
The Organic compounds from open-type dry cleaning machine during the cleaning process have negative impact on air quality. For this reason, Shanghai Municipal Government required all units using open-type dry cleaning machine currently to gradually stop using this type of dry cleaning machine and use fully-enclosed dry cleaning machine instead; make renovation on existing open-type dry cleaning machine, add compressor refrigeration and recycling system, and start compulsory recovery of dry cleaning solvents.
According to investigations made in advance, currently, there are 54 sets of open-type dry cleaning machine in Hongkou. The functional government departments and sub-district offices will cooperate with each other and stimulate dry cleaning stores to complete the updating of open-type dry cleaning machine or stop using them at the end of this year.