The relevant person in charge of the Department of Solid waste and Chemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment answered the reporter from the "Technical Specifications for the Control of Waste Plastic Pollution Control"

Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the "Technical Specifications for Waste Plastic Pollution Control" (HJ 364-2022) (hereinafter referred to as the "Technical Specifications"). The relevant person in charge of the Department of Solid waste and Chemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment answered questions from reporters on the revision of the "Technical Specification" to revise the background and the main revised content, etc. Q: What is the main background of the revision of "Technical Specifications"? Answer: Plastic pollution control has become a global hot topic. In recent years, my country has comprehensively strengthened the management of plastic pollution. The environmental management of waste plastics is a key link for the governance of the entire chain of plastic pollution, and it is an important measure to accelerate the recovery and disposal of plastic waste. With the development of industry, technological progress, and international and domestic situations, the "Technical Specifications for the Control of Plastic Recycling and Regeneration Pollution Control (Trial)" formulated by the former State Administration of Environmental Protection in 2007 (HJ/T 364-2007) will no longer adapt to adaptation The development needs and management requirements of the industry are urgently needed to be revised. Since 2019, we have launched a revision work and formed the "Technical Specifications" released this time on the basis of multiple rounds of investigations, discussions and solid opinions. Q: What are the main contents of the revision of "Technical Specifications"? Answer: "Technical Specifications" is an important basis for the prevention and control of pollution control in the entire life cycle of waste plastics. The main content of this revision includes: First, the latest management requirements are connected to fill the management gap. According to laws and regulations and related policy documents such as the "Environmental Protection Law" and "Solid Waste Pollution Environmental Prevention Law", some new requirements of waste plastic pollution control and environmental management are integrated into the revision of the "Technical Specifications". In addition, the scope of application is adjusted. Compared with the 2007 version, imported waste plastics are deleted according to the changes in my country's imported waste management policies; the waste plastic of hazardous waste is added according to the classification of waste plastic. The second is to strengthen the requirements of all life cycle management and environmental risk prevention and control requirements. From the full life cycle of the production, collection, transportation, storage, pre -processing, regeneration, and disposal of waste plastic production, and proposes the requirements of waste plastic pollution control and environmental management requirements. Plug -in control requirements such as industrial sources, living sources, agricultural source waste plastic and medical institutions, and medical institutions are proposed; from the perspective of strengthening the reduction of waste plastic sources and increasing the recycling utilization rate, it proposes green design and scientific selection of regenerative utilization technology The requirements of the route, etc.; Fully consider the impact of wastewater, waste gas, solid waste, noise and other impact on the ecological environment and human health generated during the process of collecting and transporting, pre -processing, regeneration and disposal of waste plastics. Pollutants and control requirements to ensure that environmental risks are controllable. The third is to meet the development needs of the waste plastic regeneration industry and clarify the requirements for chemical regeneration pollution control. In response to the current situation of rapid development of chemical regeneration technology, with the goal of ensuring the safety of ecological environment and promoting the orderly development of the industry, the "Technical Specifications" put forward pollution prevention and control of waste plastic chemistry. During the initial stage of chemical renewable technology, the environmental management requirements of chemical regeneration products proposed by the "Technical Specifications" are of positive significance for promoting the development of advanced regenerative technology application and chemical regeneration projects. Question: What are the considerations of "Technical Specifications" in promoting the use of waste plastic resources? Answer: The use of waste plastic regeneration can be divided into physical regeneration and chemical regeneration. Among them, the scope of physical regeneration is wide and mature, but due to the limitation of the quality and regeneration of waste plastic, the applicability of mixed and low -value waste plastic is low. With the advancement of technology, chemical regeneration, which is suitable for low -value waste plastic, has preliminary industrialized conditions in China, and has been built into a large -scale device, which can be used as an effective supplement to physical regeneration. The "Technical Specifications" put forward requirements for the two regenerative use methods of waste plastics, and encouraged enterprises to choose proper processes in accordance with the characteristics of waste plastic material, mixed degree, cleanliness, local environment capacity and industrial structure to improve waste plastic resourceization Utilization rate reduces landfills and incineration. In addition, promoting the use of waste plastic resources, it has the role of decreased carbon reduction coordination. Physical regeneration is the use of the lowest use of carbon emissions, followed by chemical regeneration. The revision of the "Technical Specifications" is to encourage chemical regeneration for waste plastic that is not suitable for physical regeneration, which is conducive to increasing the number of regeneration utilization, and exerting the synergy effect of reducing waste plastic pollution and reducing carbon emissions. Question: How do relevant units or individuals implement the "Technical Specifications"? Answer: The "Technical Specifications" are to guide all parties to better implement the requirements of laws and regulations, policy standards, etc. on the prevention and control of waste plastic pollution, promote effective control of waste plastic pollution, and reduce the leakage of waste plastic to the environment. In order to implement the "Technical Specifications", units and individuals involving different links of the entire life cycle of waste plastic should do the following work: For industrial enterprises that generate waste plastic, industrial enterprises that generate waste plastic should be categorized and stored in waste plastics, and established Related accounts; units or individuals who generate waste plastic in the field of life shall be able to do well; related species and fishermen who produce waste plastic in the agricultural field shall be recovered by various types of waste plastics to avoid free discarding; medical and health institutions shall be discarded; medical and health institutions shall be discarded; medical and health institutions shall be discarded; The classification partition management of waste plastics in recyclables and medical waste should be strictly done. For the process of receiving and storage and pre -processing, the relevant units shall strengthen pollution control measures according to the technical characteristics of the process.

In the process of collecting and storage, the classification should be strengthened in accordance with the characteristics of the waste plastic itself to facilitate the use of regeneration in the later period; the transportation process should be strengthened to prevent the measures of the waste plastic from directly polluting the environment; the pre -processing process needs to strengthen the prevention and control of wastewater and waste gas.For the use of disposal, relevant units shall strictly abide by the existing pollution prevention standards such as water, gas, solid waste, and noise.Enterprises engaged in chemical regeneration shall strengthen the environmental management of waste plastic chemical regeneration products in strict accordance with the results of solid waste and hazardous waste.Click "Read the original text" to view "Technical Specifications for Waste Plastic Pollution Control"

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