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Kunming improves assessment system and promotes waste classification Penalty for illegally placing garbage can be fined up to 50,000 yuan

  • Date: 2019-04-17
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The “Kunming Municipal Solid Waste Classification Management Measures” (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”) promulgated by the Kunming Municipal Government of Yunnan Province recently came into effect. The classification standards, division of responsibilities, setting of classification facilities, classified distribution, classified collection, transportation and treatment, Regulations have been made in terms of supervision and management, legal responsibilities, etc.
Kunming classifies domestic waste into four categories: hazardous waste, perishable waste, recyclables, and other garbage, and specifies specific criteria for classification. Units and individuals shall be classified and released in accordance with regulations, and shall not be discarded, dumped or piled up at will.
The "Measures" stipulates that urban domestic garbage should be collected, transported and classified in accordance with relevant regulations and technical standards. Hazardous garbage should be collected regularly and transported to designated storage and treatment points, and effective pollution prevention measures should be taken to prevent secondary pollution. Rotten garbage should be produced daily and cleared, transported to designated places as required, and used for biological treatment or other innocuous methods; recyclables should be collected regularly and recycled by the renewable resource utilization unit or enterprise. Promote the recycling of recycled products directly into the field of commodity circulation; other garbage should be harmlessly treated by incineration or sanitary landfill.
It is understood that Kunming City will implement a system for rewarding points for classification and conversion of urban domestic waste and a system for responsible persons for classified release management. It will also establish and improve an evaluation system for the classification and management of urban domestic waste and incorporate the evaluation results into the government's performance evaluation system in accordance with regulations.

Anyone who throws garbage in violation of the regulations on the classification of urban domestic waste shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit. Those who fail to make corrections within the time limit shall be fined more than 5,000 yuan but less than 50,000 yuan, and individuals shall be fined less than 200 yuan. If the person responsible for management violates the regulations, the comprehensive administrative law enforcement department of the city administration shall order correction within a time limit and may impose a fine of 2,000 to 10,000 yuan.



Source:China environment news

Date:Apr 17, 2019