Samples of regenerated activated carbon and spent activated carbon. (Photo/Yu Zhaoyu)

Phase 1 of Zhongshan Industrial Carbon-based Green Island, the first of its kind in the city, began construction on Waisha Gongye Avenue in Shenwan Town on November 8.

The project is invested by Huide Technology (51% of its stock is owned by Zhongshan Investment Holdings Group), with a planned land area of 76 mu and a total investment of 530 million yuan. Its planned production capacity stands at 300,000 tons per year.

Phase 1 covers a land area of 25.34 mu, with an investment of 255 million yuan. It will include such facilities as regeneration workshops of spent activated carbon, temporary warehouses of hazardous waste, and R&D buildings. It is capable of recycling and reutilizing 90,000 tons of spent activated carbon per year.

At its full capacity, the Green Island project is estimated to help reduce some 43,000 tons of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) emissions and 660,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with an annual output value of 1.5 billion yuan and a tax revenue of 60 million yuan. It can effectively resolve issues for SMEs in VOCs treatment.