Hong Kong proposes VOC content limits for cleaning products

In December 2022, the Environmental Protection Department of Hong Kong released a proposal to extend the control on the volatile organic compound (VOC) content of consumer products to cover 7 types of cleaning products, such as cleaner, disinfectant, sanitizer and etc. The proposal specified the definitions and the VOC content limits for these 7 types of cleaning products proposed to be newly added. In order to reduce the VOC emissions from products,