When will garbage sorting be implemented?

In April, 2000, the Urban Construction Department of the former Ministry of Construction held a symposium on the pilot work of classified collection of municipal solid waste in Beijing, especially emphasizing that "it is very necessary to start the pilot work of classified collection of municipal solid waste in time under the current situation of rapid economic development and general improvement of public awareness of environmental protection". Subsequently, eight cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xiamen and Guilin were identified as the first batch of pilot cities for classified collection of municipal solid waste in China. Various cities have also issued corresponding policy documents to cooperate.

On June 5, 20 16, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly issued a document, making it clear that by the end of 2020, domestic waste in key cities will be effectively classified, with the coverage rate of classified collection of domestic waste reaching over 90% and the recovery rate of domestic waste reaching over 35%.

On March 2017 18, the General Office of the State Council issued the Notice on Forwarding the Implementation Plan of Domestic Waste Classification System of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. It is stipulated that by 2020, a system of laws, regulations and standards related to garbage classification will be basically established, and a reproducible and popularized domestic garbage classification model will be formed. In cities that implement compulsory classification of domestic waste, the utilization rate of domestic waste reaches more than 35%.

From June 2065438 to June 2008, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the Notice on Accelerating the Classification of Domestic Waste in Some Key Cities, which stipulated that by the end of 2020, 46 cities, including municipalities directly under the central government, provincial capitals, cities with separate plans and the first batch of demonstration cities for domestic waste classification, will realize compulsory classification of domestic waste, and the total recovery rate of recyclable and perishable waste will reach 35.

2065438+In June 2009, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the revised draft of the Law on Solid Waste, which was deliberated and passed. Article 38 stipulates that local people's governments at or above the county level should adopt a classification method that conforms to local conditions, speed up the establishment of a garbage disposal system of classified delivery, classified collection, classified transportation and classified treatment of domestic garbage, and achieve effective coverage of the garbage classification system; Nine ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, issued the Notice on Comprehensively Carrying out Domestic Waste Classification in Cities at Prefecture Level and Above, stipulating that by 2020, 46 key cities will basically complete the domestic waste classification and treatment system, and other prefecture-level cities will achieve full coverage of domestic waste classification by public institutions.