According to the Consumer News and Business Channel reported on April 16th, China has stopped importing foreign garbage, causing major waste exporting countries to be in a hurry. Moreover, in the face of the international pressure that followed, China has not retreated, showing China. The determination to govern the environment.
China calls for foreign garbage
China’s foreign garbage import ban was introduced in July 2017 and came into effect in January 2018. It is banned from importing 4 categories of 24 kinds of foreign garbage including plastic waste, and shutting down a number of heavily polluted garbage disposal plants. It has been in force for more than three months.
Affected by this, the world's major waste exporters are in a hurry. The EU intends to collect taxes on plastics, the United Kingdom considers exporting waste to Southeast Asia, and the United States requires China to lift the ban. Experts remind that all the above suggestions can only save the urgency, but not Long-term plan.
Wang Wei, president of the well-known analysis company Frost & Sullivan Greater China, said that for major waste exporters such as the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Japan, 'China's garbage ban has weakened their main channels for handling garbage, causing certain difficulties in a short period of time. In a short time, they have not found an effective solution. The main waste exporters are still exploring.
Refuse to protect the environment
Since the 1980s, China has continued to import foreign garbage for decades, and even established an entire industrial chain to deal with and recycle garbage.
Today, China is already the second largest economy in the world and is focusing on improving the environment. China has shut down a large number of heavily polluting factories, increased support for clean energy, and has already occupied a place in the global environmental protection field.
China's introduction of foreign garbage ban has won wide acclaim from global environmentalists. Greenpeace said that this move will not only help improve China's domestic natural environment, but also promote other countries to better handle their own garbage.
Li Hua, a member of Greenpeace, said: 'This rule has sensationalized the world, forcing many countries to abandon the inherent mentality of 'eyes, hearts and troubles' for garbage disposal, awakening the world.'
The United States is not moving to China
China's foreign garbage ban has attracted US dissatisfaction. In March, the United States asked China to 'immediately terminate' the foreign garbage ban.
The American Waste Recycling Industry Association (ISRI) said that China’s ban on both refused to junk and affected processed 'waste goods'. ISRI President Robin Weinner said that these waste goods are less polluting to the environment. It can be recycled. China's ban will interfere with the normal process of garbage disposal and break the balance of waste disposal between China and the United States. ISRI statistics show that in 2016, the United States exported a total of 5.6 billion US dollars (about 35.2 billion yuan) to China. 'The waste of goods'.
Faced with the US request, China said it will continue to adjust the types of garbage imports, but will not recover the ban. China Customs statistics show that since the foreign garbage ban came into effect in January, China imported plastic, paper, metal in the first quarter of 2018. The total amount of solid waste decreased by 54%.
Developed countries need to take the initiative to reduce garbage
China rejects foreign garbage, and Southeast Asian countries can't solve the problem. Lawrence, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore, said that the burning of forests in Southeast Asian countries is deeply plagued by air pollution, so it is unlikely to import foreign garbage, which will make the country's environmental problems worse.
Lawrence said: 'In the long run, the problem must be solved fundamentally. Developed countries in North America and Western Europe should take the initiative to take responsibility and must consciously come up with clear, sustainable measures to reduce the production of garbage instead of looking elsewhere. Rubbish. '
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The General Administration of Customs organizes a concentrated fight against 'foreign garbage' smuggling
The General Administration of Customs recently organized a special second round of concentrated attacks against 'foreign garbage' smuggling 'blue sky 2018', 14 customs in Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, etc. smuggling imports of waste slag and resale permit smuggling solids Waste illegal activities have been cracked down. As of April 2, a total of 34 criminal cases were filed, 25 criminal smuggling smuggling gangs were smuggled, 52 suspects were arrested, and 111,100 tons of smuggled solid wastes were initially verified. The site seized 64,700 tons of waste slag that the country banned from importing.
In the fight against the smuggling of waste slag, the Customs filed a smuggling case involving the ban on the import of waste slag, and verified 66,000 tons of waste slag involved in the case, of which 64,700 tons of waste slag were seized on site. After identification, the smuggled waste slag involved in the case was a foreign smelt derivative, harmful Substances exceed the national standard, and the state prohibits the import of goods. The smugglers falsely report the waste slag as a smuggled import of mineral raw materials, which may cause pollution to domestic air, water and soil.
In terms of cracking down on the smuggling of resale permits, the Customs case investigation and smuggling smuggled 28 cases of solid waste that can be used as raw materials, and verified 45,000 tons of solid wastes, such as scrap metal, waste cloth and waste plastics, which can be used as raw materials. Initial investigations, a small number of domestically-imported importers and production enterprises illegally reselling import licenses, resulting in the direct import of solid waste imported through licenses into small workshops and distribution centers that do not have environmental protection qualifications, which easily cause damage to the local environment during processing and utilization. Pollution.
It is reported that this year, with four categories of 24 kinds of solid waste listed in the Catalogue of Prohibited Imports of Solid Waste, the space for smuggling imported waste plastics with other people's licenses has been greatly reduced. At present, such cases in Jammu are mostly in the adjustment catalogue. Previously, the Customs Anti-smuggling Department resolutely deepened the expansion of the smuggling crimes committed by the smuggling criminal gang during the effective period of criminal prosecution, and extended the blow.
As the second round of concentrated strikes launched by the General Administration of Customs this year, the 'Blue Sky 2018' special highlights the rigorous efforts of the Customs to crack down on 'foreign garbage' smuggling, help win the 'blue sky defending war', and earnestly safeguard the country's ecological environment. The General Administration of Customs has clearly focused on combating the smuggling of 'foreign garbage' and has deployed its work to fully punish illegal and smuggled waste. As of now, 139 cases of criminal smuggling of solid waste have been filed.
