Have 4 trash cans at home? Not fined 200 according to regulations?

Questions and answers about 20 questions about garbage classification

  The new version of "Beijing Municipal Waste Management Regulations" is about to be implemented. Do you still have a lot of doubts: "Does household waste fall into 4 categories, do you need to prepare 4 garbage bins at home?"

  In response to these questions, the reporter of the Beijing News combed the information released by the Beijing Municipal Urban Management Committee and other relevant departments, and brought 20 authoritative answers to the questions you care about most.

  In fact, the new rules for garbage classification are not just as simple as “throwing garbage”. Whether it is at home, community, unit, etc., or daily life such as eating, shopping, staying in a hotel, even ordering takeaway, or express delivery, you can see the changes brought about by the new rules for garbage classification.

1

Will my family prepare 4 trash cans?

  A: No. The Beijing Municipal Management Committee recently formulated the Guidelines for the Classification of Household Domestic Waste (Two Barrels and One Bag), suggesting that residents can set up "two barrels and one bag" at home to collect garbage separately.

  "Two barrels" refers to kitchen waste bins and other trash bins. "One bag" refers to recyclables collection bags, cartons, express cartons and other large-sized recyclable objects, which can be reserved for home recycling after being filled, or put into the corresponding trash bins of the community. Due to the low output of hazardous waste, there is no need to set up trash bins or bags separately, and they can be put into designated trash bins when going downstairs.

2

Q: Do you want to buy special classification trash cans and garbage bags?

  A: No. Garbage bins and garbage bags are generally purchased by residents themselves, and they can be flexibly selected according to living space and living habits. There are no mandatory regulations.

3

Q: Can kitchen waste grinders be installed in the kitchen?

  A: The new regulations mentioned that qualified residential areas and families can install in-situ treatment devices for kitchen waste that meet the standards.

  However, people in the industry reminded whether the use of household food waste disposal devices depends on whether the drainage pipes of the community are equipped with discharge conditions to avoid clogging.

4

Q: What will happen to the express delivery in the future?

  A: The new regulations require express companies to use electronic waybills and degradable, reusable and environmentally friendly packaging materials in Beijing to reduce the excessive use of packaging materials and the generation of packaging waste. Encourage the recycling of express packaging materials.

  That is to say, in the future, express mail will be fewer and fewer in Beijing, and environmentally friendly and recyclable express boxes will become more popular.

5

Q: What should I pay attention to when ordering takeaways?

  A: At the beginning of May 1st, if citizens do not check the need for disposable tableware when ordering takeaway, Beijing takeaway platforms will default to not need. Citizens who need disposable tableware, please remember to see the takeaway options, it is recommended to bring their own tableware as much as possible to reduce the generation of garbage.

6

Q: Are there any rewards for good waste sorting?

  A: At present, many streets and communities in Beijing have independently launched personalized incentive measures, mainly including the exchange of garbage classification points and the establishment of red and black lists.

7

Q: To whom do I report the problem?

  A: The city management department will publish reporting and complaint telephone numbers, mailboxes, and e-mail addresses to the public to handle relevant reports and complaints. Residents can provide feedback through public contact information.

  In addition, residents can also report problems to the social supervisor of domestic waste disposal. The city and district city management departments will open to the public to select a certain number of social supervisors. Among them, there must be representatives of residents around the centralized treatment facilities for domestic garbage.

  Social supervisors have the right to supervise the operation of centralized treatment facilities for domestic garbage, enter relevant places, understand the measures and implementation of pollution control, and consult environmental monitoring data.

8

A fine of 200 yuan for not throwing garbage at once?

  A: The new version of the regulations stipulates that individuals who commit violations should be discouraged by the person responsible for the classification and management of local domestic waste. Those who refuse to obey the dissuasion shall report to the comprehensive law enforcement department of city management, and the comprehensive law enforcement department of city management shall give a written warning. Anyone who violates the regulations again shall be fined not less than RMB 50 but not more than RMB 200.

  However, individuals still have remedial measures after being punished. If they voluntarily participate in community service activities such as domestic waste classification, they can be exempted from administrative punishment.

9

Q: Must the community be equipped with four types of trash cans?

  A: There must be four types of trash cans, but the number of each type is different. The new regulations stipulate that residential communities should set up two types of garbage bins for kitchen waste and other garbage in public areas, and set up recyclables and hazardous garbage bins in at least one domestic garbage drop.

10

Q: How does the garbage classification instructor check whether the residents are correctly classified?

  A: After the new crown epidemic, the garbage sorting instructor on duty at the community garbage sorting station and fixed barrel station will conduct a basic inspection and review of the garbage thrown by the residents, and guide the residents with wrong classification to put it in correctly.

11

Q: Will the bag be checked during the outbreak?

  A: At present, it is in the stage of prevention and control of the new crown epidemic. To ensure the safety of residents and instructors, it is generally not necessary to carry out garbage bag inspection.

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12

Q: What should I do if the classified trash cans are full?

  A: The household garbage bin stations in the streets and communities will be regularly cleared and transported before the bucket is full according to the amount of daily garbage put in. Special transport units will send various types of garbage to the corresponding temporary storage or treatment facilities.

  In addition, the garbage sorting instructors on duty in the streets and communities need to check the garbage cans every day. When they find that the garbage cans are about to be full, they will contact the transportation staff to carry out the transportation.

13

In party and government organs, enterprises and institutions

  What changes will be encountered during work?

  A: In the future, the use of paper and disposable paper cups in party and government organs, enterprises, public organizations, and social organizations will be reduced. According to the requirements, party and government organs and public institutions should implement paperless office and not use disposable cups under the premise of meeting confidentiality regulations.

14

Q: Do party and government agencies, enterprises and institutions need to set up four types of trash cans?

  A: The new regulations stipulate that four types of garbage bins for kitchen waste, recyclables, hazardous waste, and other garbage should be set up in the office or production and business premises of party and government organs, enterprises, public organizations, and social organizations.

15

Will there be four types of garbage trucks dedicated to transportation in the future?

  A: The new regulations require that the units that collect and transport domestic garbage must transport domestic garbage to centralized collection facilities, or transport them to transportation and treatment facilities that comply with the regulations. They must not be mixed and transported, and they must not be dumped, discarded, or discarded at will. Stacked.

  At present, each type of household waste generated by residents requires collection and transportation by special transportation vehicles.

16

Q: How to penalize mixed transportation during transportation?

  A: If the domestic garbage collection and transportation units are mixed, mixed, transported, dumped, discarded, scattered, stacked, etc., they will be ordered to be cleared by the city management comprehensive law enforcement department, and a fine of more than 20,000 yuan and less than 100,000 yuan will be imposed. If the circumstances are serious, the city management comprehensive law enforcement department shall revoke the domestic garbage collection and transportation business license.

  The Beijing Urban Management Law Enforcement Bureau will carry out a special three-month domestic garbage intensification law enforcement action from May 1 to July 31, focusing on investigating and handling domestic garbage mixed piles, mixed transportation and mixed transportation.

17 Do you provide disposable tableware for dinner?

  A: Starting from May 1, Beijing ’s catering service shall not actively provide disposable tableware to customers, and require restaurants to set up eye-catching reminder signs. It includes disposable chopsticks, spoons, knives, and forks.

  If the restaurant provides disposable tableware on its own initiative, the city management comprehensive law enforcement department shall order it to make corrections immediately and impose a fine of more than 5,000 yuan but less than 10,000 yuan. Anyone who violates the regulations again shall be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan.

18

Q: Are there any disposable items in the hotel?

  A: Starting next month, all hotels and hotels in Beijing shall not take the initiative to provide disposable toothbrushes, combs, bath wipes, razors, nail files, shoe polishes.

  If the hotel provides consumers with disposable items on its own initiative, the city management comprehensive law enforcement department shall order it to make corrections immediately and impose a fine of more than 5,000 yuan but less than 10,000 yuan. Anyone who violates the regulations again shall be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan.

19

Q: What should I pay attention to when shopping in the supermarket?

  A: In the future, residents will go to supermarkets and markets without free plastic bags. According to the new regulations, all supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars and other commodity retail establishments in Beijing must not use ultra-thin plastic bags and do not provide plastic bags for free.

  Supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars and other commodity retail places that use ultra-thin plastic bags shall be ordered by the market supervision and management department to make corrections immediately and be fined between 5,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan. Anyone who violates the regulations again shall be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan.

  The Beijing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau will carry out a three-month special rectification action on plastic bags from May 1st, focusing on retail markets such as farmers' markets, convenience stores, supermarkets, etc., for the sale and use of ultra-thin plastic bags, and free Provide plastic shopping bags and other violations of the law for investigation and punishment.

20

Q: How to throw garbage in Beijing after May 1st?

  A: In the future, when you come to Beijing to travel, tourists will have to put in garbage. Prior to May 1, the graded tourist attractions in the urban area of ​​Beijing plan to complete the upgrading of garbage classification hardware facilities, from the existing "recyclable garbage, other garbage" two types of garbage cans, to "recyclables, food waste, other "Trash, hazardous waste" four categories. In the future, if you go to these scenic spots, you should put them in accordance with the classification standards for four types of garbage.

  Before the end of this year, the waste sorting hardware facilities of the scenic spots in the remote suburbs will also be transformed into place.

  A08-A09 edition written / Reporter Huang Zhecheng of Beijing News