CANADIAN VOC REGULATIONS ALIGN NORTH AMERICAN PAINT SECTOR
September 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
MORE than a year after Canada announced new volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations for architectural coatings, the industry is settling into its new obligations, which formally came into force on September 9.
The regulations, part of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and called the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations, set mandatory VOC limits for 53 categories of architectural coatings (including indoor coatings), covering all infrastructure coatings including traffic ...
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