Encouraging the import of useful wastes such as waste plastics and cracking down on “foreign garbage†illegal entry journalists learned from the China Recycling Resources Association on November 22 that the current import management of renewable resources can not keep up, some useful waste cannot be imported, and a large amount of “foreign garbage†can be imported. However, the problem of domestic pollution caused by illegal entry into the country is brewing and the new policy of regulating the import of renewable resources is in full swing in China, if it is to be successfully introduced next year.
It is understood that the general direction of the new policy is to encourage imports, regulate development, and strengthen supervision. In terms of encouraging imports, the state may expand the list of renewable resources allowed to import, and at the same time reduce the import tariffs and value-added tax on more types of remanufactured resources; in terms of standard development, it will encourage the implementation of "circle-area management" of recycling of renewable resources. Relevant companies have all moved into the park for production and operations; in terms of strengthening supervision, they may limit the current more common re-export trade, encourage direct trade, and prevent useless “foreign garbage†from entering the domestic polluted environment.
According to reports, China began to allow the import of solid waste that can be used as raw materials from the 1990s, and strictly limits the quantity and variety of imports. A total of 45 species are currently listed in the Catalogue of Waste Restricting Importable Raw Materials and the Catalogue of Wastes that can Be Used as Raw Materials for Automatic Import License Management. Some useful materials, such as waste fishing nets, waste plastic bottles, and waste tires, have also been included in the ban on imports. Therefore, the appeal for expanding the scope of imports has been high. At the same time, since most of the plastic imports need to impose a 6.7% tariff, the current Plastics Industry Association is negotiating with the government and hopes to abolish or reduce plastic import tariffs. Earlier this year, a large number of British “foreign garbage†that had exploded in the UK had caused serious pollution incidents, and it also put more supervision on the agenda. These will all be reflected in the new policy.
Before the new policy was promulgated, the state already had relevant actions. China has established five fixed-point renewable resource processing parks. Last year, the State Environmental Protection Administration approved the construction of five new renewable resource processing parks in Yantai, Shandong, Wen'an, Hebei, Zhangzhou, Guangxi, Jiangmen, Guangdong, and Zhaoqing.
Statistics show that China’s imports of renewable resources have increased year by year. In the early 1990s, it was 1 million to 2 million tons each year, and in 2006 it had reached 37.65 million tons. The waste has been processed into resources. For example, China imported a total of 25.9 million tons of waste plastics in the past 16 years, equivalent to saving 77.7 million tons of oil. At present, recycled plastics account for 25% of China's plastic consumption.
It is understood that the general direction of the new policy is to encourage imports, regulate development, and strengthen supervision. In terms of encouraging imports, the state may expand the list of renewable resources allowed to import, and at the same time reduce the import tariffs and value-added tax on more types of remanufactured resources; in terms of standard development, it will encourage the implementation of "circle-area management" of recycling of renewable resources. Relevant companies have all moved into the park for production and operations; in terms of strengthening supervision, they may limit the current more common re-export trade, encourage direct trade, and prevent useless “foreign garbage†from entering the domestic polluted environment.
According to reports, China began to allow the import of solid waste that can be used as raw materials from the 1990s, and strictly limits the quantity and variety of imports. A total of 45 species are currently listed in the Catalogue of Waste Restricting Importable Raw Materials and the Catalogue of Wastes that can Be Used as Raw Materials for Automatic Import License Management. Some useful materials, such as waste fishing nets, waste plastic bottles, and waste tires, have also been included in the ban on imports. Therefore, the appeal for expanding the scope of imports has been high. At the same time, since most of the plastic imports need to impose a 6.7% tariff, the current Plastics Industry Association is negotiating with the government and hopes to abolish or reduce plastic import tariffs. Earlier this year, a large number of British “foreign garbage†that had exploded in the UK had caused serious pollution incidents, and it also put more supervision on the agenda. These will all be reflected in the new policy.
Before the new policy was promulgated, the state already had relevant actions. China has established five fixed-point renewable resource processing parks. Last year, the State Environmental Protection Administration approved the construction of five new renewable resource processing parks in Yantai, Shandong, Wen'an, Hebei, Zhangzhou, Guangxi, Jiangmen, Guangdong, and Zhaoqing.
Statistics show that China’s imports of renewable resources have increased year by year. In the early 1990s, it was 1 million to 2 million tons each year, and in 2006 it had reached 37.65 million tons. The waste has been processed into resources. For example, China imported a total of 25.9 million tons of waste plastics in the past 16 years, equivalent to saving 77.7 million tons of oil. At present, recycled plastics account for 25% of China's plastic consumption.