Pesticide packaging waste will be recycled and processed uniformly

Recently, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hubei Province issued the "Pesticide Packaging Waste Recycling Pilot Work Plan", clarifying that a pilot program of pesticide packaging waste recycling will be carried out in 10 counties and cities including Xinzhou District, Wuhan City in 2021, and pesticide packaging waste will be recycled in a unified manner.
And centralized harmless treatment
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The plan requires that each pilot area in Hubei must fully understand the basic situation of pesticide packaging waste, including the existing stock, annual production and quarterly distribution
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The key task of each pilot area is to explore the three recycling modes of pesticide distribution point recycling, professional company paid recycling, and government-led public welfare recycling, and guide pesticide producers, operators, users and pesticide packaging waste recycling stations to strengthen recycling facilities, equipment, The management and maintenance of the storage site, the proper storage of the collected pesticide packaging waste, and the encouragement of the recycling of pesticide packaging waste
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Pesticide packaging wastes other than resource utilization will be put into domestic waste landfills for landfill disposal or be incinerated in domestic waste incineration plants in accordance with laws and regulations
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According to the plan, all localities shall supervise pesticide producers and operators in accordance with the principle of “who produces and manages, who recycles” to fulfill the corresponding pesticide packaging waste recycling and disposal obligations.
Pesticide operators and pesticide packaging waste recycling sites in pilot areas must establish pesticides The packing materials are collected in the ledger and kept for more than two years
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Source: "People's Daily" (14th edition on January 20, 2021)