Recently, Xiamen Customs held a press conference on crackdown on foreign trash smuggling and introduced the results of cracking down on foreign trash smuggling since the beginning of this year. So far this year, Xiamen Customs seized 48 cases of solid waste smuggling cases and arrested 48 suspects , Verified a total of 68,000 tons of various types of smuggled solid waste such as waste plastics, waste cloths, discarded tires, old garments, scrap slag, leather trim, etc. Among them, mainly waste plastics with smuggled in, up to 65,500 tons, the value 320 million yuan.
In July this year, the General Office of the State Council promulgated the Implementation Plan on Prohibiting the Entry of Foreign Rubbish into China to Promote the Reform of the Management System of Import of Solid Waste, and further strictly controlled the import of solid waste. Since March 1 this year, Ministries and commissions launched a 9-month intensive supervision and crackdown on foreign rubbish illegal joint operations, organize the 'National Gate Sword 2017' joint special operations.
According to Wang Tianshu, deputy director of Xiamen Customs, Xiamen Customs established an anti-smuggling solid waste prevention and control system since the beginning of this year. At the same time, And give full play to the functions of frontier defense, environmental protection, industry and commerce, inspection and quarantine departments and other departments to promote comprehensive control. Next step, the government will continue to actively explore 'smart anti-smuggling' and continue to strengthen the positive supervision.