Contents of the Interim Provisions on the Classification and Management of Municipal Domestic Waste in Guangzhou

Guangzhou Municipal People's Government Order

No. 53

The "Guangzhou Municipal Domestic Waste Classification Management Interim Provisions" was issued by the municipal government on January 14, 2011. It was discussed and adopted at the 130th executive meeting of the 13th session of the 13th CPC National Congress and is now announced and will come into effect on April 1, 2011.

Mayor Wan Qingliang

Interim Provisions on the Classification and Management of Urban Domestic Waste in Guangzhou

Article 1 is to strengthen the classification management of urban domestic waste and improve the management of urban domestic waste. The level of reduction, resource utilization and harmlessness is determined in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Promotion of Circular Economy, and the Guangzhou City Appearance and Environmental Sanitation Management "Provisions" and other relevant laws and regulations, these regulations are formulated in light of the actual situation of this city.

Article 2 The classification of urban domestic waste as mentioned in these regulations refers to the implementation of classified placement, classified collection, and classification according to the composition, utilization value, environmental impact, etc. of municipal solid waste and according to the requirements of different treatment methods. The act of classified transportation and classified disposal.

Article 3: These regulations apply to administrative streets within the administrative region of this city, built-up areas where the town people’s government is located, and other areas subject to urbanization management.

Article 4: The classification of urban domestic waste should follow the principle of starting with the easier and then the more difficult, step by step, and implemented step by step.

In 2012, this city should establish a complete urban domestic waste classification collection and processing system.

The specific implementation area for urban domestic waste classification shall be delineated and announced by the municipal urban management administrative department.

Article 5: The municipal urban management administrative department is responsible for the classification of urban domestic waste in this city and is responsible for the organization and implementation of these regulations. The urban management administrative departments of district and county-level cities are responsible for the classification and management of urban domestic waste within their respective administrative regions.

Sub-district offices and town people’s governments shall be responsible for the classification and management of urban domestic waste within their respective jurisdictions according to their respective responsibilities.

Other relevant administrative departments shall perform their duties in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) The economic and trade administrative department is responsible for the management of recycling of renewable resources (classified recyclables);

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(2) The education administrative department is responsible for the publicity, education and promotion of urban domestic waste classification in schools and kindergartens;

(3) The environmental protection administrative department is responsible for guiding hazardous waste (classified) Hazardous waste) and the recycling and processing of catering waste, and strengthen the supervision and management of the recycling and processing of hazardous waste and catering waste;

(4) The administrative department of culture, radio, television, press and publication is responsible for strengthening the supervision and management of radio stations and television stations Supervision and management of public service announcements on the classification of urban domestic waste published by , newspapers, periodicals and other publicity media;

(5) The planning administrative department is responsible for incorporating the urban environmental sanitation professional plan that includes the content of the urban domestic waste classification plan into the urban planning , through planning, layout, reservation and control of corresponding facility land.

Article 6: Community residents’ committees, owners’ committees, and property service companies should urge and mobilize units and individuals to actively participate in the classification of urban domestic waste.

Article 7 The municipal urban management administrative department shall, in accordance with the overall city plan, in conjunction with relevant departments such as development and reform, economy and trade, land and housing management, environmental protection, urban and rural construction, and planning, and in accordance with the work arrangements for the classification of urban domestic waste, formulate Professional planning for urban environmental sanitation. The professional planning should include the construction arrangements, location, scale, and treatment methods of domestic waste transfer and final treatment facilities.

Article 8: People's governments at all levels shall allocate special funds for technological innovation in the classification and management of urban domestic waste, recycling and the construction and maintenance of related facilities, and include them in the fiscal budget of the people's government at the same level.

Article 9: Urban management administrative departments at all levels and administrative departments such as education, culture, radio, television, press and publication, and health shall strengthen publicity and education on the classification of urban domestic waste and enhance citizens’ awareness of the classification of urban domestic waste.

Operators or managers of newsstands, subways, airports, stations, docks, tourist attractions, scenic spots and other public places and public transportation vehicles should adopt various forms to carry out urban life. Publicity and education on garbage classification.

The sub-district office and the town people's government should organize publicity, education and training on the classification of urban domestic waste, and guide community residents' committees, owners' committees and property service companies to carry out publicity and education activities on the classification of urban domestic waste.

Schools should carry out publicity and education on the classification of urban domestic waste in conjunction with educational and teaching activities, and actively participate in the promotion of the classification of urban domestic waste.

Article 10: This city’s radio stations, television stations, newspapers, periodicals and other publicity media shall arrange public welfare publicity content on the classification of urban domestic waste in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. Each publicity media shall formulate publicity plans and implement them according to the specific requirements of the municipal urban management administrative department.

Article 11 This city’s urban domestic garbage is divided into the following four categories:

(1) Recyclables, including uncontaminated garbage suitable for recycling and resource utilization in domestic garbage , such as paper, plastic, glass and metal.

(2) Food waste, including food waste, kitchen waste and organic waste from market markets and other perishable waste, such as food, vegetables and melons discarded in food transactions and production processes Peel, core, etc.

(3) Hazardous waste, including substances in domestic waste that cause direct or potential harm to human health or the natural environment, such as waste rechargeable batteries, waste button batteries, waste light tubes, discarded medicines, waste disinfectants Pesticides, waste paint, waste daily chemicals, waste mercury products, waste electrical appliances and electronic products, etc.

(4) Other garbage, including other municipal waste other than recyclables, hazardous waste and food waste, such as bulky garbage and other mixed, polluted, difficult-to-sort plastics and glass Domestic waste such as trash, paper, cloth, wood, metal, and dirt. Bulky garbage refers to waste items that are large in size, strong in integrity, or need to be disassembled and reprocessed, including furniture and home appliances.

Article 12 The establishment of classified collection containers for urban domestic waste shall be the overall responsibility of the urban management administrative departments of each district and county-level city.

The collection container implements a responsible person system. The person responsible for setting up shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) The development and construction unit shall be responsible for the classified collection containers of urban domestic waste in new area development, old city reconstruction and newly built residential areas;

( 2) The property management company shall be responsible for the classified collection containers of municipal domestic waste in commercial residential areas with property management;

(3) The classified collection containers of municipal solid waste in units shall be the responsibility of the generating unit or user unit;

(4) The classification and collection containers of urban domestic waste in public places shall be the responsibility of the competent department of the place or the operation and management unit.

The urban management administrative departments of district and county-level cities are responsible for the classified collection containers of urban domestic waste in other areas other than those specified in the preceding paragraph.

The responsible person should keep the municipal solid waste sorting collection containers intact and in normal use. The installation of classified collection containers for urban domestic waste should comply with the requirements of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's "Standards for the Installation of Urban Environmental Sanitation Facilities". There should be obvious signs on the surface of the container, and the signs should comply with the national standard "Domestic Waste Classification Marks".

Article 13: The urban management administrative departments of cities at the municipal, district and county levels shall set up facilities for the classification, transfer and treatment of urban domestic waste in accordance with the municipal domestic waste classification management plan and relevant standards.

Article 14 Municipal domestic waste shall be classified and put in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) Recyclables shall be sold to renewable resource recovery sites or placed in recyclables collection containers ;

(2) Hazardous waste should be handed over to hazardous waste recycling points or put into hazardous waste collection containers;

(3) Food waste should be put into food waste collection containers;

(4) Other garbage should be put into other garbage collection containers, and large pieces of garbage should be collected and transported at the door-to-door collection and transportation of renewable resource recycling sites or environmental sanitation units according to regulations.

The municipal urban management administrative department shall formulate and publish the classification methods, classification guidelines, implementation details, etc. of this city’s municipal domestic waste, and revise them regularly.

Article 15: Municipal domestic waste that has been placed in categories must be collected in separate categories, and it is prohibited to collect mixed collection of municipal waste that has been placed in categories.

Recyclables and hazardous waste should be collected regularly, and food waste and other garbage should be collected regularly every day.

Hazardous waste after classification and collection shall be temporarily stored in hazardous waste storage points constructed by the urban management administrative departments of each district and county-level city in accordance with the requirements of the "Pollution Control Standards for Hazardous Waste Storage".

Article 16: Municipal domestic waste collected in categories shall be transported in categories, and it is prohibited to transport the municipal solid waste collected in categories in a mixed manner.

The transportation of hazardous waste after classified collection shall comply with national regulations on the transfer of hazardous waste and the management of hazardous goods transportation.

The transportation of food waste and other garbage shall be carried out by the sanitation transport fleets of various districts and county-level cities or entrusted to enterprises with domestic waste transportation licenses, and the garbage shall be transported to the destination in accordance with the routes designated by the urban management administrative department. Domestic waste treatment site (factory).

Article 17 Recyclable materials shall be disposed of by renewable resource recycling and utilization enterprises or resource comprehensive utilization enterprises.

Hazardous waste should be disposed of by enterprises with corresponding hazardous waste business licenses.

Kitchen waste and other garbage in food waste should be disposed of at domestic waste disposal sites (factories) determined by the municipal urban management administrative department.

Article 18: The management methods for the collection, storage, processing and disposal of food waste in food waste shall be formulated separately by the municipal environmental protection administrative department in accordance with the relevant regulations on strict waste control.

Article 19: During the process of classified collection, transportation and disposal of urban domestic waste, environmental sanitation units shall take effective pollution prevention and control measures to prevent secondary pollution. Recyclable materials are not sorted or stored in public areas such as sidewalks, green spaces, and leisure areas.

The disposal of hazardous waste must comply with national regulations on the collection, storage, transportation and treatment of hazardous waste.

Article 20 The urban management administrative department, the comprehensive urban management law enforcement agency, the sub-district office, and the town people's government shall establish and improve the supervision and inspection system for the classification of urban domestic waste, and supervise the classification of urban domestic waste. Carry out regular supervision and inspections.

Article 21: Units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the classification of urban domestic waste shall be rewarded by the Municipal People's Government in formulating specific measures.

Article 22: The Municipal People's Government shall include the classification of urban domestic waste in district and county-level cities into the urban management performance evaluation and publish the results regularly.

Article 23: Implement a statistical system for classifying urban domestic waste. Units engaged in urban domestic waste classification operations shall fill in the corresponding urban domestic waste classification collection, transportation, and disposal information and report it to the urban management administrative department on a regular basis.

The municipal urban management administrative department shall compile statistics on the classification information of urban domestic waste in the city, and publish statistical information on the classification of urban domestic waste in the previous year in the first quarter of each year.

Article 24: Any unit or individual who discovers any violation of these regulations has the right to report or complain to the city management administrative department or the city management comprehensive law enforcement agency. After accepting reports or complaints, the accepting department shall promptly investigate and handle them in accordance with the law, and notify the whistleblower or complainant of the handling results.

In the process of accepting reports and complaints, if any violation of regulations on the classification, collection, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste and catering waste is discovered, the department accepting the report or complaint shall promptly transfer it to the transportation administrative department or environmental protection department. The administrative department will handle it.

Article 25 Anyone who violates these regulations and commits any of the following acts shall be punished by the comprehensive urban management law enforcement agency in accordance with the following regulations:

(1) Violation of the tenth clause of these regulations Paragraph 2 of Article 2 stipulates that anyone who fails to set up separate collection containers for urban domestic waste as required shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit and be fined not less than RMB 10,000 but not more than RMB 30,000.

(2) Anyone who violates the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 12 of these Regulations and fails to keep the municipal domestic waste classification collection containers intact and in normal use shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit. Those who refuse to make corrections shall be fined not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan. A fine of less than RMB 10,000.

(3) Anyone who violates the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of these Regulations and fails to classify and place municipal waste according to regulations shall be ordered to make corrections. If he refuses to make corrections, he shall be fined 50 yuan each time and shall be fined 50 yuan per time. The unit will be fined 500 yuan per cubic meter, and if the amount is less than 1 cubic meter, it will be calculated as 1 cubic meter.

(4) Anyone who violates Article 15 of these Regulations and fails to conduct classified collection according to regulations shall be ordered to make corrections and fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan.

(5) Anyone who violates the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 16 of these Regulations and fails to conduct classified transportation as required shall be ordered to make corrections and fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan.

(6) Anyone who violates the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 17 of these Regulations and accepts and disposes of municipal solid waste without permission shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit and be fined not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 20,000 yuan.

(7) Anyone who violates the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 19 of these regulations by sorting and storing recyclables in public areas shall be ordered to make corrections and fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan. fine.

Article 26 If the city’s radio stations, television stations, newspapers, periodicals and other publicity media do not arrange public welfare publicity content on the classification of urban domestic waste in accordance with Article 10 of these regulations, the Municipal Cultural Market Comprehensive Administration The law enforcement team shall impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 20,000 yuan.

Article 27 Anyone who violates these regulations and commits any of the following acts shall be punished by the environmental protection administrative department in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and rules:

(1) Hazardous waste Transportation in violation of national regulations on hazardous waste transfer;

(2) Hazardous waste is not disposed of in accordance with regulations.

Article 28 If the transportation of hazardous waste violates the relevant national regulations on the transportation management of dangerous goods, the transportation administrative department shall impose penalties in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and rules.

Article 29 Urban management administrative departments, urban management comprehensive law enforcement agencies, other relevant administrative departments and sub-district offices, town people’s governments and their staff do not perform or incorrectly perform the classification of urban domestic waste In the management of relevant responsibilities, if any of the following circumstances occurs, the appointment and removal authority or the supervisory authority shall order correction; if the circumstances are serious, the appointment and removal authority or the supervisory authority shall punish the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible persons in accordance with the law; if suspected of committing a crime, they shall be transferred The judicial authorities will pursue criminal liability:

(1) Failure to carry out publicity and education on the classification of municipal domestic waste in accordance with regulations;

(2) Failure to prepare a management plan for the classification of municipal domestic waste in accordance with regulations;

(3) Failure to set up municipal domestic waste classification collection containers and operation and processing facilities in accordance with regulations;

(4) Failure to establish a supervision and inspection system in accordance with regulations or failure to perform supervision and inspection in accordance with the law Responsibilities;

(5) Failure to establish a classification information feedback and disclosure mechanism, or failure to timely feedback and disclosure of municipal domestic waste classification information;

(6) Responding to reports and complaints Failure to deal with the illegal activities of municipal solid waste classification in a timely manner or failing to promptly notify the report or complainant of the handling results;

(7) Engage in malpractice for personal gain, abuse of power, corruption and perversion of the law, dereliction of duty, and failure to perform statutory duties in accordance with the law responsibilities, harming the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons or other organizations.

Article 30 These regulations will come into effect on April 1, 2011.