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Posted on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by dfw_admin

1,000 Years of Fireworks Tradition Threatened

China is working hard to curb pollution and is making great strides. However, fireworks is also being used as a scapegoat.

As example, fireworks sales and use were banned in China’s capital, Beijing. Unlike western countries where bans are largely ignored, there was not a firework to be heard in Beijing this New Year. However, not surprisingly, the ban had little to no effect on pollution. The day after the New Year a thick smog blanketed the capital. The reason is that fireworks smoke can only produce a minuscule amount of pollution compared to the millions of cars, homes and business that relay on fossil fuels to produce energy.

An exhaustive study of the true causes of Beijing’s PM2.5 pollution was conducted in October 2017 by the Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, College of Environmental & Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.

What they found was the weather was the main factor driving periods of heavy smog. They found no correlation at all to fireworks. In fact, what they found was that three typical weather patterns caused the heavy pollution: (1) Siberian high and uniform high pressure field, (2) cold front and low-voltage system, and (3) uniform low pressure field. A PMF analysis indicated that secondary aerosols and coal combustion, vehicle, industry, biomass burning, and dust were the important sources of PM. Not fireworks. Details of the study can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.151

Sadly, a 1,000 year old tradition was brought to an end in the capital city.

In a statement, the Beijing city Government said officials must “take the lead” in not setting off fireworks or firecrackers.

“Have firm environmental protection consciousness and a sense of responsibility,” it said.

“Proactively guide family members and friends not to let off or to limit the letting off of fireworks and firecrackers, improve air quality together and get into the action of ensuring blue skies for the capital.”

Hopefully the persistence of the pollution will be obvious to the citizens and they will encourage China to return to its rich heritage of using fireworks to celebrate the Chinese New Year. It would be a true loss to end 1,000 years of tradition all for nothing.

Fireworks stands such as this one below were absent from Beijing city in 2018.

Posted on February 13, 2014 by dfw_admin

Recycling fireworks

Yesterday, the Municipal Administration of Work Safety, responsible person when visiting the Capital Window said, according to current statistics, the city this year about the sale of fireworks around 220,000 boxes. Sixteenth midnight, the city will start recycling fireworks this year.

This year, the city announced that when the severe air pollution in orange red warning, stop lighting fireworks, ban fireworks wholesale distribution units, retail outlets to stop selling fireworks

“In fact, this measure already has some effects.” Third Deputy Director Municipal Administration of Production Safety Supervision and regulation Liu said that before the New Year’s Eve, the weather situation was not optimistic, retail outlets stocking quite rational, in the past a large number of purchase, super storage conditions did not happen.

According to Liu, this year three wholesale units together for the 64 varieties of about 60,000 boxes of fireworks environmental protection, and have all put on the market. Feedback from the current point of view, environmentally fireworks pretty popular, especially some spray products sell well

As in previous years, the annual fireworks sales season is over once the recovery starts. This year’s fireworks will start recovering in February 15, Sixteenth midnight 12:00 o’clock

According to Liu introduced, first recycling fireworks, then recovered video surveillance equipment, greenhouses. Center City fireworks will start recycling. Currently responsible for the recovery of the vehicle are in place, about two or three days full recovery work can be completed.
It is reported that the recovery of fireworks will be stored in a wholesale warehouse by hand to clean up storage. To meet the standard requirements, within the validity period of the fireworks will be stored in the library, for the sale of season next year resale; broken or exceed the validity of the external packaging of the product, will be unified Depot deal.

Posted on February 12, 2014 by dfw_admin

Xi’an fireworks experience “cold”, fireworks’ sales are only 1/3 of previous years

Before the Spring Festival, the newspaper advocate not shooting fireworks during Chinese New Year has received the support of many people. The Lantern Festival is coming, the Lantern Festival also been suggested that less blasting, blasting civilization. So how is fireworks retail business going this year? To this end, the reporter yesterday afternoon visited several retail outlets fireworks, fireworks found in this business is bleak.

Yesterday afternoon, the reporter visited Chan fireworks retail outlets at Ann Street Cross, filled with all types of fireworks, but few people interested. Mr. Chen also seems deserted stand business, chatting with people across the road. “Last year I went into the 30,000 RMB of goods, basically sold out at 5th of beginning year, this year the same is 30,000 RMB, but now I have not sold a third of that, the business too deserted.

Chen fireworks operators have more than ten years selling fireworks at Cross Street in Ann, and never encountered this situation. He said: “This year, the New Year does not advocate shooting, and now people have increased awareness, very few people buy guns now. children
playing gun business were very good in previous years, this year did not work, from before the Spring Festival already no longer marketable.” Chen said after fifteen over, he will shut the shop immidiately, the rest of firecrackers have to deposited into the company.

The grocery shopping Mrs Zhang said: “This year fireworks business is indeed not very good, every day I pass though Ann Street Cross, clearly see business is deserted compared to previous years, but I do think that we should advocate no fireworks first. The blasting not only pollute the environment, the noise made people uncomfortable as well, the Lantern Festival should advocate no fireworks as well “.Mr Fan said:” after all, the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival are traditional festivals, fireworks and firecrackers have been spread for hundred years, to ask people not blasting is not realistic, but I hope those people who can civilized shooting, discharge to the specified location, but also safe!”