The law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste (Revised Draft) was deliberated and adopted by the State Council

On June 5, the premier of the State Council presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, which adopted the law of the people's Republic of China on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste (Revised Draft) The draft strengthens the responsibilities of the producers of industrial solid waste, perfects the emission permit system, and calls for accelerating the establishment of the system of classified delivery, collection, transportation and treatment of domestic waste The meeting decided to refer the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation The amount of industrial solid waste in our country is huge, and it is affected by the industrial production process and other factors, resulting in a variety of complex components The data shows that the output of industrial solid waste in China increases by an average of 10% every year, and the total amount of industrial solid waste in the past years has reached 60 billion to 70 billion tons According to a previous research conducted by the Ministry of ecological environment, there are more than ten operational general industrial solid waste storage and disposal sites in China, most of which are mainly for enterprises in industrial parks According to the annual report on prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste in large and medium-sized cities in 2018 released by the Ministry of ecological environment in December 2018, the output of general industrial solid waste in large and medium-sized cities in China is 1.31 billion tons, the output of industrial hazardous waste is 40.101 million tons, the output of medical waste is 781000 tons, and the output of domestic waste is 201944000 tons In addition to the extension of producer responsibility system and waste classification system, this amendment also revised the specific penalty rules, increased the penalty for a number of illegal acts to 1 million yuan, and further increased the illegal cost of printing and packaging enterprises In particular, the amendment of the solid waste law has added emission permit system, environmental protection tax, environmental liability insurance and other aspects, and reiterated the "foreign waste" prohibition order In addition, the amendment also added new provisions on regional cooperation to coordinate the construction of regional centralized hazardous waste disposal facilities.