Importation of 32 varieties of solid wastes, such as waste hardware types, waste ships, waste automobile pressed parts, smelting slag, and waste plastics from industrial sources, is prohibited.
In order to further standardize the management of solid waste imports, prevention of environmental pollution, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the General Administration of Customs on the current "restricted imports of solid wastes as raw materials directory," "non-restricted imports of solid wastes as raw materials directory," and "prohibited imports of solid wastes directory" to adjust.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment on the 19th issued a notice to adjust the "Imported Waste Management Catalog". Sixteen varieties of solid wastes, including waste hardware, waste ships, waste automobile pressed parts, smelting slag, waste plastics from industrial sources, waste optical disc crushed materials, waste motors based on recycled copper, and waste electric wires based on recycled aluminum, will be transferred to the "Catalogue of Prohibited Imported Solid Wastes", which will be enforced as of December 31, 2018 onwards.
The announcement shows that 16 varieties of solid wastes, including stainless steel waste scrap, titanium waste scrap, tungsten waste scrap, magnesium waste scrap, vanadium waste scrap, wood waste scrap, etc., will be transferred to the "Catalogue of Prohibited Imported Solid Wastes", which will be enforced from December 31, 2019 onwards.
Expanded information:
The foreign garbage that enters China at present mainly includes waste slag, waste catalysts
The current foreign waste entering China mainly includes industrial waste such as waste slag, waste catalyst, waste tires, waste batteries and electronic waste, as well as old clothes, construction waste, domestic waste, medical waste and hazardous waste.
These foreign garbage after layers of packaging, many of them enter the common people's homes in a dignified manner. Zhang Guangzhi, spokesman for the General Administration of Customs, said that in recent years, the General Administration of Customs has deployed the "hedge".
"Sword of the State Gate" and other special operations and "Earth Goddess" international joint law enforcement action to crack down on foreign garbage smuggling. Zhang Guangzhi analyzed, in recent years, waste smuggling was three major features, including waste smuggling regional characteristics.
Since 2013, the "Bohai Rim", "Yangtze River Delta", "Pearl River Delta" region where the Customs and Excise Department has investigated and dealt with a cumulative total of 400 cases of smuggling of waste, the investigation of 1.17 million tons of waste, respectively, accounted for the case of The total amount of waste involved is 1.17 million tons, accounting for 73% and 61% of the total number of cases and the total amount of waste involved, respectively.
This year, the General Administration of Customs took the lead in joining hands with the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Public Security and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to carry out a nine-month special operation to strengthen supervision and crack down on foreign garbage violations from March 1 to November 30, 2017, and to intensify the supervision of the whole process of imported solid waste.
Organizing the "National Gate Sharp Sword 2017" joint special action to combat the smuggling of industrial waste, electronic waste, household garbage, waste plastics and other foreign garbage as a top priority.
The General Administration of Customs organized two rounds of special crackdowns by the Guangdong Sub-Administration and 13 directly under the Customs on February 24 and March 17, respectively, and verified that 54,200 tons of solid wastes such as waste plastics, waste electronic wastes, and waste slag were suspected of being smuggled into the country.
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