According to Yangguang.com, China Customs cracked down on 'foreign garbage' smuggling 'Blue Sky 2018' special third round of concentrated operations started on the 22nd, which is the largest scale of the recent crackdown on 'foreign garbage' smuggling operations. The garbage has become more and more tight, and it has forced China to improve the recycling of solid waste and promote the development of circular economy.
National sea-related movements, knocking out smuggling 'foreign garbage' gangs 39
At 6 o'clock on the 22nd, under the unified command of the General Administration of Customs, 25 directly affiliated customs offices were divided into 212 action groups, and 17 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Beijing were simultaneously engaged in netting operations, mainly focusing on smuggling waste slag and using other people's permission. The smuggling of imported waste plastics, which can be used as raw materials, and the case of waste hardware, arrested key personnel involved in the case. Chen Tao, deputy director of the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, introduced 39 actions of suspected smuggling criminal gangs in one fell swoop. Illegal funds.
Chen Tao: More than half of the country's direct customs have participated in the event. From the scope of action, the police force, to the quantity of inspections, this action is the largest network-receiving operation in recent years. The behind-the-scenes ambassadors of some criminal gangs gradually It has surfaced. This time our action is to catch the main criminal and catch the gang.
Chen Tao introduced, next, China will strengthen international cooperation to combat foreign garbage smuggling.
Chen Tao: The smuggling import situation of foreign garbage is still grim. Some behind-the-scenes gangs have strong concealment and anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and we need to continuously improve our professional strike capability. Next, China Customs will cooperate closely with relevant countries and international organizations to promote the strike. Develop in depth.
'foreign garbage' earns profits, but breeds the environment, health problems
China was originally the world's largest importer of waste. It has handled nearly half of the world's waste products for many years. A bottle of beverages from the United States, along with other garbage, landed at the Tianjin port, melted and then caused the lighter casing to be assembled into a lighter. Reloaded and shipped to European retail – this was a typical 'foreign rubbish' journey around the world.
In this chain, every link enjoys economic profits: Foreign countries not only save garbage disposal fees, but even get a fee; Chinese garbage processors get profits from garbage, and factories use cheap raw materials; Consumers have access to cheap consumer goods.
A large number of infectious diseases, toxic and harmful substances, seemingly waste utilization, reduce costs, but breed a serious environment, health problems, and form a 'garbage siege' in many places. China has banned foreign garbage from entering the country and has officially entered into force in January this year.
Foreign garbage ban, closure of circular economy development
The ban on foreign garbage imports means that related industries will also face raw material gaps, and related enterprises are also facing transformation. In this regard, Li Zuojun, deputy director of the Research Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said, don't worry.
Li Zuojun: If the amount of foreign garbage is reduced, it can open up the domestic garbage market. And the concept of garbage can be expanded. It is a misplaced gold. There are many things that you can turn into valuable products with a little use. As long as these companies Take a long-term view, improve the technology, and find a new way out.
Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, also believes that while intercepting 'foreign garbage', it also guides the successful transformation of previous enterprises and practitioners.
Bai Ming: (Remediation of foreign garbage) should be a systematic project. On the one hand, on the other hand, the enterprises that originally imported the 'foreign garbage' were transferred to the legitimate industry, and the first-hand traffic was blocked, and comprehensive management could block the import of 'foreign garbage'. Channel.
The introduction of the 'ban' is only the industrial chain that illegally uses garbage. For the whole industry, Li Zuojun said that this will promote the processing and utilization of solid waste in China, and force the recycling of renewable resources.
Li Zuojun: For the development of domestic circular economy, especially the garbage recycling industry, it will force them to improve. So we are optimistic about the domestic recycling industry.
For some major waste exporters, they also have to find a way out. 'They also strengthen the recycling and disposal of garbage in their own country. In addition, they also look for other importing countries.' Li Zuojun said.
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Global Times commented on China Customs' fight against foreign garbage: New era Humen sold cigarettes
At 6 o'clock on the 22nd, when the knife brother was still asleep, a mega-smashing campaign focused on 'foreign garbage' smuggling has started.
From Tianjin, Dalian, Shenyang, Harbin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Nanchang, Changsha, to Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Gongbei, Shantou, Huangpu, Kunming, Urumqi, 25 directly under the Customs dispatched police force 1291 people, divided into action groups 212, in the 17 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) such as Beijing, simultaneously launched the network.
In one fell swoop, the suspected smuggling criminal gang was destroyed. As of 9:00, 137,000 tons of smuggled waste such as waste slag and scrap metal were seized, and smuggled waste plastics, waste slag and waste hardware were found to be 606,500 tons, and the suspects were arrested. 137, obtained a large number of smuggling evidence, seizure, frozen a large amount of illegal funds.
A reporter who followed the customs investigators found in a warehouse that some of the used aluminum cans, copper wire, and metal scrap were printed in Japanese, Korean, English, and Thai. Some of them gave off a pungent smell, and the surface remained sticky. Unidentified liquid.
If there is no Thunder operation by China Customs, these 'foreign garbage' will flow into the lack of environmental protection, no pollution treatment capacity of the lack of processing plants, unscrupulous small workshops, polluting China's sky, land, rivers, damage to Chinese health.
It’s not a proper metaphor. This is the new era of 'Humen selling cigarettes'.
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Since January 1, when China completely banned the import of 'foreign garbage', some truths that have been neglected in the past are gradually exposed.
First, in the gradient division system between Western countries and developing countries, China has been at the bottom of garbage collection for the past 30 years, and it is the largest one.
In the past, China imported foreign garbage from abroad every year, about 40 million tons per year. You can imagine how huge the 40 million tons of garbage is. These wastes that should have been incinerated in developed countries have become thousands of The livelihood of the Chinese people. This is a very sad reality.
When China first joined the global production chain, it can only accept such a low-end division of labor. Foreign garbage import and processing has become a considerable industry in China. Objectively speaking, this has made corresponding contributions to China's development. .
However, the cost is huge.
According to statistics, the average annual salary of non-technical jobs in China in 2016 is only about 1/4 to 1/5 of that of similar jobs in the United States. There are 3 to 4 million people who eat garbage in this meal, most of which are not paid. Medical and pension insurance.
Dealing with 'foreign garbage', various high-strength acid clips are used to carry iron, lead and other substances are continuously discharged into the river, and wastes that are useless and poisonous are directly incinerated. In 2009, the concentration of 'foreign garbage' was in Guangdong. A health checkup conducted by the Guiyu Guiyu Town Health Center found that more than 80% of primary and middle school students in the village suffered from respiratory diseases, and five students suffered from blood cancer. The 2011 survey found that 25% of the newborn newborns had excessive chromium.
After China’s economy has leapt to a new level, it is imperative to abandon such industries.
Second, it turns out that the so-called advanced garbage disposal in developed countries is to transport garbage to China. Enter the keyword 'foreign garbage collection' and 'foreign garbage experience' in the search engine. You can see a lot of written in 2018. Previous articles (interestingly, after the ban on 'foreign garbage', such articles do not seem to be produced anymore.) How advanced is the waste separation and landfill technology in Europe and the United States, and how the awareness of garbage sorting and treatment in Europe and the United States is Into the soul, some 'publicly known' articles must also despise the 'ugly Chinese'.
However, the irony is that after the unveiled cloth of 'foreign garbage' was discovered, we found that the blue sky and white clouds in Europe and the United States are the result of transferring garbage to developing countries. After saying 'no' to 'foreign garbage' in China, garbage accumulation in developed countries No one in Chengshan.
'Garbage out of control' has been on the headlines of the United States, Britain, South Korea, Japan, Australia and other countries. Starbucks in London just thinks about it, good days are coming, and there is a charge for buying disposable coffee cups.
Third, the hypocrisy of Western environmental protection concepts. While shouting environmental protection, they produce the vast majority of garbage in the world. While maintaining the high standards of domestic environmental protection, they also need to raise a group of environmental protection organizations to give them a moral archway. Developing countries make excuses for exporting garbage.
After China banned the import of foreign garbage, these countries have turned their faces around the world every day. US government officials have said more arrogantly that they have expressed concern about China’s decision to stop receiving 'foreign garbage'. China restricts imports and can be reused. The commodity 'seriously interfered with the global supply chain of waste materials', 'required' China immediately stopped implementing the relevant measures.
'Humen selling cigarettes' not only have to fight against foreign enemies, but also 'inner ghosts'.
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Let me give you an example. Guangdong Lufeng Lanshi Town is a distribution center for foreign garbage garments that has been exposed by the media many times.
In 2009, it was reported that the Yanshi Xinrao Village foreign garbage clothing store was as dense as a spider web, and each of them sold the old clothes blatantly. The local government had dispatched public security, industry and commerce to clean up and rectify for several months.
The story after that is another round of familiar repetition.
The old clothing business is still in the meteorite. In March 2017, the Customs destroyed a den of smuggled imported old clothing in the Rock. Up to 96 tons of imported old clothing was bundled with rusty wire, and the English letters on the bag. clear and distinct.
The old clothing business is so stubborn, it is endless, and it shows that the benefits are abundant.
My sister has simply calculated the account. In general, the import price of foreign garbage based on old clothes is one ton or two hundred yuan. After sorting through layers, it can be sold at a price of 1 yuan and 1 kilogram. For the second-level distribution center such as Meteorite, the clothes will be sorted again. If the whole package is sold, 10 yuan 1 kg. If it is sold separately, refurbished, etc., most of them can be sold for 4 yuan to 10 yuan. After the meteorites flowed to various places, the price of the old clothes ranged from 10 yuan to 200 yuan. It is said that some e-commerce merchants are wearing 'foreign trade orders, only one one' and so on. 'New clothes' may also be such foreign garbage.
From selling on the price, to bargaining, the price of foreign garbage clothes can be doubled by one hand. Making money is so simple and profitable, once it is started, it is difficult to give up.
Other interest chains such as waste slag, e-waste, waste drugs, medical waste, and used tires are similar.
For more than 30 years, foreign companies have been formed to supply garbage to China. The income of these foreign garbage suppliers mainly comes from the garbage disposal subsidies paid by the host government, which is about $400 to $1,000 per ton. China, plus the cost per ton of freight is only $10 to $40. Moreover, domestic recipients will also pay a certain amount of garbage purchase fees.
After that, there are several stories similar to meteorites. For example, Luwan Village in Yantai, China is good at handling waste plastics, Guiyu Town, Shantou, Guangdong, Longtang Town, Qingyuan, and Dali Town in Nanhai.
From foreign garbage suppliers, to domestic receivers, to sorters such as Rock, and finally to sellers directly facing consumers, the division of labor is clear, and every link has a lot of economic benefits, resulting in these foreign garbage. It is always difficult to be rooted out in the country.
Since 2018, the National Customs has carried out three rounds of high-density, cluster-type, full-chain smuggling against the 'foreign garbage' smuggling, and fully blocked the interception of 'foreign garbage' smuggling and entry, a total of 256 criminal cases were filed, and criminal suspects were arrested. 249, destroyed 81 smuggling criminal gangs, seized 217,000 tons of smuggled waste such as waste slag, scrap metal, etc., and verified smuggled waste plastics, waste slag, and waste hardware totaling 933,100 tons.
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Right and wrong in the history of Humen’s cigarette sales, there has always been a dispute in the history of history at home and abroad. It was that opium was in the 'advanced Britain'. The medicine was not poisonous. Lin Zexu’s tough behavior undermined the trade rules, which led to the subsequent intervention of the powers. And a series of unequal treaties.
In order not to give this kind of fallacies a chance to entangle the 'foreign garbage' ban, look at the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, signed by more than 150 countries around the world. It is required that countries should solve the problem of garbage disposal and especially hazardous waste disposal within their own country.
In other words, the transfer of this waste disposal responsibility is contrary to international rules and is not in line with international morality.
Of course, the United States has not signed the Basel Convention, and it can be retired even if it is signed.
The reason why developed countries can maintain the chain of the past is objectively a little cheaper in history. They just use the 'time difference' of industrialization in different countries.
However, this chain cannot last for a long time. Although the problem of garbage disposal can not be solved overnight, China has taken a valuable first step. By this time, developed countries should also start to consider environmental reforms. With more resources and advanced technologies, it is better to handle and solve the problem of garbage in the country and help developing countries in this way. Developing countries should also continue to improve the concept of sustainable development, reject pollution and Cross-border transfer of garbage.
Only with this kind of joint effort can we make everyone live better.
Write: Li Xiaofei knife, sister, knife smile
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