Original title: attention! The domestic waste classification system will be incorporated into the law, and local governments above the county level shall formulate charging standards
On June 25, the 11th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress was held in Beijing. The law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste (Revised Draft) was submitted to the general assembly for deliberation for the first time.
The reporter noted that there are many highlights in this revised draft, which has made new and more perfect provisions on solid waste and hazardous waste management and domestic waste disposal, further refined and improved relevant systems and measures, and stricter relevant legal liabilities. Of particular concern is the proposal to implement the domestic waste classification system, and the waste treatment will be charged according to the producer pay principle.
Li Ganjie, Minister of the Ministry of ecological environment, said in the explanation of the draft that the revision will improve the environmental pollution prevention and control system of urban and rural domestic waste, implement the domestic waste classification system, propose to implement the domestic waste treatment charging system according to the producer payment principle, and require local governments above the county level to formulate differentiated domestic waste treatment charging standards in combination with the classification of domestic waste.
The draft stipulates: first, implement the domestic waste classification system, which requires accelerating the establishment of a waste treatment system of classified delivery, classified collection, classified transportation and classified treatment, so as to realize the effective coverage of the waste classification system.
Second, standardize the classification of domestic waste, and require the competent environmental health departments at or above the municipal level divided into districts to issue the guidance catalogue for the classification of domestic waste.
Third, strengthen the management of domestic waste disposal enterprises, require them to install and use monitoring equipment in accordance with relevant national regulations, monitor pollutant discharge in real time, and disclose pollution discharge data in real time.
Fourth, establish a food waste management system, require the generating and collecting units to hand over the food waste to professional units with corresponding qualifications for harmless treatment, and prohibit livestock and poultry farms and breeding communities from feeding livestock and poultry with food waste without harmless treatment.
Fifth, it stipulates that the domestic waste treatment charging system shall be implemented in accordance with the producer payment principle, and requires the local people's governments at or above the county level to formulate differentiated domestic waste treatment charging standards in combination with the classification of domestic waste and according to local conditions, and make them public after fully soliciting public opinions.
Sixth, strengthen the disposal of rural domestic waste, modify the expression of "urban domestic waste" to "urban and rural domestic waste", and establish a domestic waste classification system covering rural areas.
At the same time, the draft stipulates to improve the prevention and control system of environmental pollution by other solid wastes, such as straw, waste agricultural film, livestock and poultry dung pollution, extension of producer responsibility, management of disposable plastic products such as plastic bags, sludge treatment and disposal, etc; Strengthen the environmental pollution prevention and control system of industrial solid waste, such as strengthening the responsibility of industrial solid waste producers, requiring them to establish and improve the environmental pollution prevention and control responsibility system in the whole process, establish a solid waste management account, and verify the subject qualification and technical ability of the entrusted party if they entrust others to transport, utilize and dispose; Strengthen the prevention and control of environmental pollution by hazardous wastes, such as strengthening the trans provincial transfer management of hazardous wastes.
In addition, the draft stipulates strict legal liability for illegal acts such as unauthorized dumping, stacking, discarding and scattering of industrial solid wastes, and unauthorized dumping and stacking of hazardous wastes. The provisions on continuous punishment on a daily basis have been added, and the punishment measures of detention have been added for illegal acts such as unauthorized transfer of hazardous wastes.
It is understood that the current law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste was formulated in 1995, first revised in 2004, and then revised relevant specific provisions in 2013, 2015 and 2016 respectively. The current law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste has 91 articles in six chapters, and the revised draft has 109 articles in nine chapters.
Li Ganjie said that in 2017, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress conducted law enforcement inspection and believed that the law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste played an important role in preventing and controlling environmental pollution by solid waste, protecting public health and maintaining ecological safety. However, some systems and regulations in the law are difficult to adapt to the new situation and tasks of the current prevention and control of solid waste pollution, such as pollutant discharge permit The systems and measures such as seizure and seizure need to be supplemented and improved in time, the relevant systems and measures such as hazardous waste management, agricultural waste pollution prevention and control, rural domestic waste disposal need to be further refined and improved, and the relevant legal responsibilities need to be strengthened. It is suggested to start the revision of the law on the prevention and treatment of solid waste pollution as soon as possible.