What kind of foreign garbage is prohibited from being imported into China?

The import of 32 types of solid waste, including scrap hardware, scrap ships, scrap automobile pressed parts, smelting slag, and waste plastics from industrial sources, is prohibited.

In order to further standardize the import management of solid waste and prevent and control environmental pollution, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the General Administration of Customs have revised the current "Catalogue of Solid Waste Restricted for Import that Can be Used as Raw Materials" "The Catalog of Solid Wastes that Can Be Used as Raw Materials Without Restrictions on Imports" and the "Catalogue of Solid Wastes that Are Prohibited from Importing" have been adjusted.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued an announcement on the 19th to adjust the "Imported Waste Management Catalog". There are 16 types of solid waste, including scrap hardware, scrap ships, scrap automobile pressed parts, smelting slag, industrial waste plastics, waste optical disk crushing materials, scrap motors mainly recycling copper, and scrap wires mainly recycling aluminum, etc. Transferred to the "Catalogue of Prohibited Import of Solid Waste", effective from December 31, 2018.

The announcement shows that 16 types of solid waste, including stainless steel waste and scrap, titanium waste and scrap, tungsten waste and scrap, magnesium waste and scrap, vanadium waste and scrap, wood waste and scrap, will be transferred to the " "Catalogue of Prohibited Import of Solid Waste", effective from December 31, 2019.

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The foreign waste currently entering China mainly includes industrial waste such as waste slag, waste catalysts, waste tires, waste batteries, electronic waste, as well as old clothing, construction waste, Domestic waste, medical waste and hazardous waste, etc.

These foreign garbage are packaged in many layers, and many of them are openly entered into the homes of ordinary people. Zhang Guangzhi, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs, said that in recent years, the General Administration of Customs has successively deployed “green fences”.

Multiple special operations such as the "National Sword" and the "Earth Goddess" international joint law enforcement operation have severely cracked down on the smuggling of foreign garbage. Zhang Guangzhi analyzed that waste smuggling has shown three major characteristics in recent years, among which the regional characteristics of waste smuggling are prominent.

Since 2013, customs offices located in the "Bohai Rim", "Yangtze River Delta" and "Pearl River Delta" regions have investigated and dealt with 400 cases of smuggling waste, and verified 1.17 million tons of waste involved, accounting for the total number of cases and the amount of waste involved respectively. 73% and 61% of the total.

This year, the General Administration of Customs took the lead in jointly with the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to launch a nine-month special project to strengthen supervision and crack down on illegal foreign garbage from March 1 to November 30, 2017. Take action to strengthen the supervision of the entire process of imported solid waste.

Organize and carry out the "National Sword 2017" joint special operation, making combating the smuggling of industrial waste, electronic waste, domestic waste, waste plastics and other foreign waste a top priority.

The General Administration of Customs organized the Guangdong branch and 13 directly-affiliated customs to carry out two rounds of special crackdowns on February 24 and March 17 respectively to verify the suspected smuggling of waste plastics, waste electronic waste, and waste into the country. 54,200 tons of slag and other solid waste.

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