China News Agency, Beijing, March 30th (Reporter Ruan Yulin) "The history of developed countries using China as a 'garbage dump' is gone forever," Ren Yong, director of the Department of Solid Waste and Chemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, said on the 30th. Beijing told reporters that in the next step, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will work with relevant departments to conscientiously implement the decision-making and deployment of a complete ban on the import of foreign garbage, strictly prevent foreign garbage smuggling and disguised imports of foreign garbage, and strengthen the prevention and control of the entire chain.
Ren Yong said that from 2017 to 2020, after four years of hard work, China has achieved the goal of clearing the import of solid waste by the end of 2020 as scheduled, and the history of developed countries using China as a "garbage dump" is gone forever.
"After the import of foreign garbage is completely banned, there are still some new challenges to consolidate the results of the reform," Ren Yong said. For example, some unscrupulous enterprises and individuals are motivated by their interests and use false reports, "shadow commodities", "ants move house", and "stealing beams and replacing pillars." The smuggling of foreign garbage in concealed ways has increased the difficulty of law enforcement.
In addition, with the rapid development of new formats such as the import of renewable raw materials and remanufacturing, there is a certain risk of importing foreign garbage in disguised form.
Ren Yong said that in the next step, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will work with relevant departments to conscientiously implement the decision-making and deployment of a comprehensive ban on the import of foreign garbage, and formulate and implement a work plan for deepening and consolidating the ban on the import of foreign garbage.
It is necessary to strictly prevent the smuggling of foreign garbage and the disguised import of foreign garbage.
In view of the new characteristics of foreign garbage smuggling, cooperate with the General Administration of Customs and other relevant departments to strengthen the whole chain of prevention and control of "source control, port defense, domestic investigation, and follow-up".
At the same time, standardize the import management of recycled raw material products, guide enterprises to carry out the import business of recycled raw material products in accordance with the law, and strictly prevent non-standard recycled raw materials from entering the country in disguised form.
Prevent foreign garbage from being imported in disguised form.
Ren Yong emphasized that it is necessary to improve the supporting supervision system for prohibiting the import of foreign garbage.
Strengthen the management of the identification of the attributes of imported solid wastes, and do a good job in identification and arbitration.
Increase coordination and assist in the harmless disposal of foreign garbage that cannot be returned.
Strengthen solid waste export supervision.
Further strengthen the export supervision of hazardous waste to prevent the export of solid waste in China from causing environmental pollution in importing countries.
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