China Plastics ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (9): 121-128.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2025.09.019

• Plastic and Environment • Previous Articles    

Regulatory oversight in the plastics industry: key challenges and lessons from the stockholm convention’s hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) phase⁃out

ZHANG Mengling1, LUO Yadan1, LIU Mingchang1, WANG Mujie2, PENG Zheng2, WU Yajun1()   

  1. 1.Chinese Academy of Quality and Inspection & Testing,Beijing 100176,China
    2.Environmental Protection and Foreign Cooperation and Exchange Center of Ministry of Ecology and Environment,Beijing 100035,China
  • Received:2025-05-29 Online:2025-09-26 Published:2025-09-22

Abstract:

This study evaluated regulatory enforcement requirements for former hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) producers and downstream enterprises in the plastics industry. By analyzing key regulatory enforcement priorities and identifying critical market supervision targets, the review paper provides technical and policy support for developing a robust market supervision framework. The review aims to facilitate compliance with international chemical conventions, ensuring effective phase⁃out implementation and sustainable chemical management in the plastics sector.

Key words: hexabromocyclododecane, plastic industry, industry regulation, enforcement, stockholm convention compliance

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