In 2026, Zhejiang Province has fully implemented upgraded VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) emission standards for the synthetic resin industry, bringing profound changes to local acrylic manufacturing enterprises, especially small and medium-sized factories. As a core acrylic production and processing cluster in East China, Zhejiang, with Quzhou as a key supervision area, has adopted stricter environmental supervision than national basic standards, triggering a new round of industry standard upgrading and market pattern adjustment.

1. Strict New Regulatory Standards 
  The new rules set a clear core assessment indicator: the VOCs emission per ton of acrylic products shall not exceed 8 kilograms, far tightening the previous loose supervision. Meanwhile, non-methane total hydrocarbon emission from organized exhaust outlets is strictly limited to ≤60mg/m³, and unorganized emissions in factory areas are under real-time monitoring. The most significant rectification requirement targets production equipment: traditional single-stage activated carbon and photocatalytic decontamination devices used by most small acrylic factories are completely eliminated. Enterprises must install high-efficiency treatment systems such as zeolite rotary concentration + RTO regenerative incineration to ensure the VOCs treatment efficiency reaches over 90%.

2. Full-plant Closed Production Requirements
  Zhejiang’s 2026 special environmental inspection focuses on unorganized exhaust emissions. All core acrylic production processes, including MMA raw material storage, batching, pouring, curing and oven drying, must be carried out in fully closed and negative-pressure workshops. Open-air operation and natural ventilation pollution discharge are completely prohibited. In addition, MMA storage tanks must be equipped with breathing valve sealing and condensation recovery devices, and all waste water tanks and hazardous waste storage areas need fully covered gas collection facilities to eliminate hidden pollution dangers.

3. Cost Pressures on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 
  The policy has brought obvious cost increases to small and medium-sized acrylic enterprises. The one-time investment of a complete set of standardized waste gas treatment equipment ranges from 800,000 to 2 million yuan per production line. Coupled with the daily operating costs of natural gas combustion, catalyst replacement, hazardous waste disposal and online monitoring operation, the comprehensive production cost of acrylic sheets has increased by 6%-10%. A number of small workshops with insufficient capital strength have chosen to suspend production or shut down due to failure to meet rectification requirements.

4. Local Enterprise Compliance Practice 
  As a professional local acrylic manufacturer, our factory has fully complied with Zhejiang’s latest 2026 VOCs emission regulations from the very beginning. We have completed full closed and negative-pressure transformation of all production workshops, installed professional zeolite rotary concentration and RTO waste gas treatment equipment, and realized full coverage of flue gas collection and efficient purification. All production processes including raw material storage, pouring and curing are operated in strict accordance with environmental protection standards. We have established complete environmental operation and hazardous waste management ledgers, and passed official environmental inspections steadily. While fulfilling environmental social responsibilities, we ensure stable product quality, continuous production capacity and reliable delivery cycles for global customers.

5. Industry Development Trends 
  Strict environmental supervision has accelerated the elimination of backward production capacity in Zhejiang’s acrylic industry, ending the long-term low-price internal competition. Standardized and environmentally friendly production has become the new industry threshold. For compliant small and medium-sized enterprises, this policy optimizes the market competition environment. In the long run, the industry will shift from extensive production to high-quality, green and low-carbon development, and high-standard environmentally friendly acrylic products will further occupy the mainstream market.