Is it possible to burn straw in 2022?

In accordance with laws and regulations such as the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China, open-air burning of straw is strictly prohibited throughout the city. The relevant matters are now announced as follows:

1. Straw burning ban period: winter 2021 and spring 2022.

2. Scope of ban on straw burning: A comprehensive ban on burning straw is implemented throughout the city. Any act of burning straw in the open is illegal.

3. Implement the straw burning ban responsibility system: Township governments and sub-district offices are the main bodies responsible for promoting straw burning control work. They must consolidate the responsibility system based on townships and streets as units, villages as basis, and villagers groups as units. Grid management responsibility system. Strictly prevent burning of fields, fields, orchards, weeds and dead branches and leaves. During key periods such as major national, provincial and municipal events, heavily polluted weather, and holidays, we will intensify inspections of key areas such as highways, railways, national highways, and areas around major urban areas. Those who fail to implement the straw burning ban and fail to advance it will be held seriously accountable.

Burning personal or other people’s crops?

If citizens burn the straw of crops of individuals or others in fields, roadsides, rural fields, village heads, beside water canals, or beside farm pits, causing air pollution, the environmental protection department shall Provide for penalties. For smoke pollution-type substances produced by wild burning such as straw or fallen leaves, the relevant supervision and management departments determined by the local people's government at or above the county level may order corrections and impose a fine of not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan.

In summary: If a citizen burns the straw of crops produced by himself or others in fields, roadsides, rural fields, village heads, beside water canals, or beside farm pits, thereby causing air pollution, Penalties will be imposed by the environmental protection department in accordance with regulations.

Legal basis:

"People's Republic of China and Civil Code"

Article 1235: Violation of national regulations causing ecological environment In the event of damage, the agencies specified by the state or organizations specified by law have the right to request the infringer to compensate for the following losses and expenses:

(1) Losses caused by the loss of service functions between the damage to the ecological environment and the completion of restoration;

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(2) Losses caused by permanent damage to ecological and environmental functions;

(3) Costs of ecological and environmental damage investigation, identification and assessment, etc.;