China News Service, Beijing, April 29 (Huang Yuqin, Liang Xiaohui) The 17th Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress reviewed and approved the revised Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes (hereinafter referred to as the Solid Waste Law), since 2020 9 It will take effect on January 1. In order to promote the domestic waste classification system, the new law makes six targeted regulations.
One is to clarify that the country implements the domestic waste classification system. The domestic waste classification adheres to the principles of government promotion, participation of all people, urban-rural co-ordination, local adaptation, and simplicity.
The second is to require local governments at or above the county level to speed up the establishment of a household waste management system for classified release, classified collection, classified transportation, and classified treatment, to achieve effective coverage of the domestic waste classification system, and to establish a domestic waste classification work coordination mechanism to strengthen and coordinate domestic waste classification Management capacity building.
The third is to emphasize that governments at all levels and their relevant departments should organize and carry out domestic waste classification publicity, educate and guide the public to develop household waste classification habits, and urge and guide the classification of domestic waste.
The fourth is to stipulate that the units, families and individuals that produce domestic garbage should perform the obligation of classified release according to law. All units and individuals shall classify and put in household garbage in designated places according to law, and shall not dump, throw, pile or burn them at will. When local governments establish a charging system for domestic waste disposal, they must follow the principles of producer payment and differentiated management.
Fifth, it is emphasized that local governments at and above the county level should coordinate the effective transfer of domestic waste public transport, treatment facilities and collection facilities, and strengthen the integration of the planning collection, construction and operation of the classified collection and transportation system and the renewable resource recovery system.
The sixth is to stipulate the content of hazardous waste, food waste disposal and the guarantee of domestic waste classification funds, penalties for violations, etc.
In addition, regarding the treatment of excessive packaging and plastic pollution, the heads of the relevant departments of the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress said that this revision stipulated that industries such as e-commerce, express delivery, and takeout should give priority to the use of reusable and easily recycled packaging materials. , Optimize packaging of items, reduce the use of packaging, and actively recycle packaging. Competent departments such as commerce and post should strengthen supervision and management. Requirement for the establishment of commodity retail establishments, e-commerce platform enterprises, express delivery enterprises, and take-away enterprises to report to the competent commerce, postal, and other competent authorities on the use and recycling of disposable plastic products such as plastic bags. (Finish)