The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to regulate chemicals derived from waste plastic raw materials

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has drawn up regulatory proposals to control 18 chemicals derived from waste plastic raw materials in accordance with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure that the chemicals are not used in transportation fuel production Contains hazardous pollutants.

The regulation requires notification to the EPA before fuels are produced using waste plastic-derived chemicals containing hazardous impurities such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS), heavy metals, dioxins, bisphenols, and flame retardants and pass the review. These harmful substances may cause cancer, harm the reproductive system, or may cause other health problems.

Regulated chemicals are those containing heavy metals (such as arsenic, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, and mercury), dioxins, phthalates, perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS), polybrominated diphenyl ethers, alkanes Chemicals produced from waste plastic-derived raw materials based on phenols, perchlorates, benzophenones, bisphenol A, organochlorine pesticides, ethylene glycol, methyl glycol or N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).