The State Council considered and adopted the Law on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution in the Environment (Amendment Draft)

Premier of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on June 5, which adopted the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution in the Environment (Amendment Draft)The draft strengthens the responsibilities of industrial solid waste producers, improves the sewage permit system and calls for the speedy establishment of a system for the classification, collection, transportation and disposal of domestic wasteThe meeting decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for considerationChina's industrial solid waste production is huge, and by industrial production process and other factors lead to a wide variety of complex componentsData show that China's industrial solid waste production increased by an average of 10% per year, the total amount of industrial solid waste stored in the past year reached 60 billion to 70 billion tonsaccording to a previous study by the Ministry of Ecological Environment, the ministry has now built more than ten general industrial solid waste storage and disposal sites, most of which mainly serve enterprises in industrial parksaccording to the 2018 National Report on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution in Large and Medium-sized Cities, published by the Ministry of Ecological Environment in December 2018, the total industrial solid waste production in large and medium-sized cities is 1.31 billion tons, the production of industrial hazardous waste is 40.101 million tons, the amount of medical waste is 781,000 tons, and the production of domestic waste is 201.944 million tonsthis amendment, in addition to the addition of producer responsibility extension system, garbage classification system, but also the specific penalties have been revised, a number of illegal acts to increase the fine to 1 million yuan, printing and packaging enterprises illegal costs further increasedin particular,, it should be pointed out that the amendment of the Solid Waste Law has added a sewage permit system, environmental protection tax, environmental liability insurance and other aspects, and reaffirmed the "foreign garbage" prohibition orderIn addition, the amendment also adds provisions for regional cooperation to co-ordinate the construction of regional hazardous waste centralized disposal facilities