Water-saving bathroom needs environmental protection

As the hot summer is approaching, the water consumption of residents has increased significantly. Many companies have begun to use this as an opportunity to design water-saving products. Recently, the water-saving sanitary wares in the market are dazzling, and many brands are pursuing the symbol of water-saving. In fact, they are just gimmicks for promotion.

Exaggerating publicity, consumers are skeptical that sanitary ware areas in Zhengzhou's largest building materials wholesale market range from small shower faucets to large-sized toilets and bathtubs that are sold under the “water-saving” aura. These water-saving “excellent students” are usually About twice as high as the price of similar products, a salesperson in a sanitary shop pointed to a seemingly ordinary toilet and said: "It's all water-saving, water-saving effect is good, and the most water-saving It is the middle one. When one liter of water is used, he is directly connected to the upper mouth and the mouth of the lower sewer. In the middle is a door opener, 1500”. It is only from the appearance that it is impossible to distinguish the so-called “water saving type The difference between the toilet and the other. Another store salesman told the reporter that all the toilets are now water-saving, but they do not have any hard evidence to prove. In the interview, more than 80% of consumers were skeptical about the publicity of water saving and energy saving, but they were unable to confirm it.

An industry source disclosed that due to the severe water-saving product certification, the sanitary products passed the water-saving certification in the market is still less than two percent: “Aquatic product certification is currently voluntary certification, non-mandatory, so few companies will consciously apply The truth is that the 3/6 litre water-saving toilet has almost reached the technical limit, and if it is to reach 6 liters or less and it is clean, the technology will be very powerful. It's fine."

Mixed fishery, water-saving chaos provoked people inside the industry pointed out that it is precisely because water-saving products are not mandatory certification before many non-water-saving products manufacturers have an opportunity: "The water-saving expensive thing, many manufacturers claim to themselves It is a water-saving product, and then it is free to put a label on its own. The label is very cheap and can be purchased.” “Water-saving products” in the sanitary ware market are dazzling. A staff member of the Henan Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision stated that they also Very helpless: "We also want to arrange this type of product supervision and spot checks, but because Henan does not have production and production companies, most of them are sold in Henan. As a division of this function, we have no way to arrange for supervision and inspection."

In response to the phenomena of “mixing fish and water” in the sanitary ware market, Mr. Liu believes that in addition to strengthening the supervision of related departments, the state should also introduce compulsory certification standards as soon as possible: “The state should actively promote the mandatory standards related to energy conservation and environmental protection, Certification system, the manufacturer will fully meet the relevant standards under this mandatory standard, and apply for relevant certification, so that the country's energy-saving environmental protection products on the market will be incorporated into a healthy and normal track."