China affirms ban on solid waste in 2021

China affirms ban on solid waste in 2021
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The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Brussels, reports that China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment has confirmed that the nation will be banning the import of solid wastes in 2021. China is no longer accepting and approving import applications for solid waste.

According to BIR, this information was shared during the ministry’s press conference June 30 and is in line with the policies applied since 2017 to reduce the import of foreign waste. China will place a newly revised “Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes” into force Sept. 1, clarifying the legal requirements for the identification of attributes of imported goods suspected of solid wastes.

Additionally, China has issued its ninth batch of scrap import quotas for 2020. According to BIR, China’s Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment published the most recent batch of scrap import quotas July 7. (The list, which can be found here, is in Chinese but can be translated by web browser.)

According to the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre, this ninth batch allows for 176,746 metric tons of copper scrap, 209,660 metric tons of aluminum scrap, 4,990 metric tons of steel scrap and nearly 1.12 million metric tons of recovered paper to enter China. 

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Source: Recycling Today
China affirms ban on solid waste in 2021
<![CDATA[The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Brussels, reports that China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment has confirmed that the nation will be banning the import of solid wastes in 2021. China is no longer accepting and approving import applications for solid waste.According to BIR, this information was shared during the ministry’s press conference June 30 and is in line with the policies applied since 2017 to reduce the import of foreign waste. China will place a newly revised “Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes” into force Sept. 1, clarifying the legal requirements for the identification of attributes of imported goods suspected of solid wastes.Additionally, China has issued its ninth batch of scrap import quotas for 2020. According to BIR, China’s Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment published the most recent batch of scrap import quotas July 7. (The list, which can be found here, is in Chinese but can be translated by web browser.)According to the Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre, this ninth batch allows for 176,746 metric tons of copper scrap, 209,660 metric tons of aluminum scrap, 4,990 metric tons of steel scrap and nearly…