Regulations of Nanjing Municipality on Environmental Sanitation Management

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen environmental sanitation management, create a clean and beautiful working and living environment, and promote the construction of socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization in this Municipality, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Regulations of the State Council Municipality on the Administration of City Appearance and Environmental Sanitation and in light of the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the urban areas, counties, economic and technological development zones and industrial and mining areas of this Municipality. Article 3 The Municipal Environmental Sanitation Administration shall be in charge of the environmental sanitation management of this Municipality, and the district (county) people's government shall be responsible for the environmental sanitation management of this area.

Planning, environmental protection, construction, real estate, gardens, public security, transportation, industry and commerce administration, land, health, municipal utilities, port and shipping supervision and other departments shall, according to their respective functions and duties, assist in environmental sanitation management. Article 4 The development plan of urban environmental sanitation shall be formulated by the municipal, district (county) people's government and incorporated into the urban planning and urban construction development plan.

People's governments at all levels should actively promote the reform of the employment system for environmental sanitation and take measures to gradually improve the working and living conditions of environmental sanitation workers. Article 5 The Municipal People's Government shall encourage scientific research on environmental sanitation, popularize advanced technology and improve the scientific and technological level of environmental sanitation work. Article 6 The funds needed for environmental sanitation shall be allocated by the municipal, district (county) people's governments.

If a professional environmental sanitation unit is entrusted to clean, collect, transport and treat wastes, the service fee shall be paid.

Residents and units shall pay public health fees for street cleaning.

The standards for charging service fees by environmental health professional units and the measures for charging public health fees shall be stipulated separately. Seventh city, district (county) people's government should strengthen the publicity of environmental health scientific knowledge, improve citizens' awareness of environmental health, and develop good environmental health habits.

Environmental health personnel shall perform their duties and operate in a civilized manner.

All units and individuals shall respect the work of environmental health workers and shall not hinder or obstruct environmental health workers from performing their duties. Chapter II Cleaning and Cleaning Article 8 District environmental sanitation professional units shall be responsible for cleaning and cleaning roads, bridges, squares and footbridges within their respective jurisdictions.

Sub-district offices and town people's governments are responsible for the cleaning of streets and residential areas within their respective jurisdictions. Ninth units and individuals shall be responsible for cleaning in accordance with the health responsibility areas divided by the environmental sanitation management department. Tenth buildings, structures, placards, billboards, urban sculptures, green belts, etc. managed by each unit shall be kept clean and tidy. Eleventh construction sites by the construction unit responsible for cleaning. The construction site must be covered with walls or cloth, and the site should be cleaned and leveled in time after the project is completed.

Units that temporarily occupy roads are responsible for cleaning and cleaning the occupied areas. Twelfth city waters and slope protection, coastal wharf, by the management unit responsible for cleaning. Thirteenth airports, docks, railway stations, bus stations, parking lots, underground passages, tunnels, cultural and sports venues, parks, bazaars, night markets and other public places, by the management unit or business unit responsible for cleaning.

The environmental sanitation around each booth shall be cleaned by the operator. Fourteenth prohibit spitting in public places, throwing fruit peels, cigarette butts and scraps of paper and all kinds of waste. It is forbidden to dump garbage, spill sewage and urinate anywhere. Dumping or digging out feces is prohibited. Fifteenth it is forbidden to clean vehicles, store and transfer garbage in urban roads or public places. It is forbidden to sweep the garbage in the health responsibility area into the road. It is forbidden to burn leaves and garbage in public places. Sixteenth urban areas prohibit raising chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, sheep, pigs and other domestic animals. Feeding for special needs such as teaching and scientific research must be approved by the environmental health management department. Seventeenth environmental health professional units should regularly spray drugs on public toilets, feces storage containers, garbage dumps and so on. Kill flies and maggots and prevent environmental pollution. Eighteenth motor vehicles entering the city should be protected and clean, and those that do not meet the hygiene requirements must be washed. Chapter III Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Wastes Article 19 The collection, transportation and disposal of wastes shall be supervised and managed by the municipal environmental sanitation administrative department. No unit or individual is allowed to set up waste stacking places to receive and discard. Twentieth residential areas, primary schools, kindergartens, social welfare homes, garbage, feces, by the local (county) environmental health professional units responsible for the removal and treatment. Wastes produced by other units shall be dumped at the place designated by the environmental sanitation management department.

Residents shall, in accordance with the regulations, dump garbage and feces into garbage containers and public toilets respectively. The implementation of garbage sorting and bagged collection shall comply with relevant regulations. Twenty-first vehicles and ships that transport liquids, bulk goods, garbage and feces in urban areas shall take airtight measures and shall not leak. Article 22 Units and individuals that produce construction waste, engineering dregs and other wastes shall go through the formalities of applying for disposal with the municipal environmental sanitation administrative department or its entrusted administrative department, and dump them at the designated place. Twenty-third garbage and animal carcasses containing viruses, germs and other harmful substances produced by industrial, scientific research, medical and health units shall be disposed of in accordance with relevant state regulations.