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    Industrial solid waste is the most important in the prevention and control of solid waste pollution. In order to improve the environmental control system of industrial solid waste pollution, solve the main problems existing at present, and further promote the treatment of industrial solid waste, the revised law of the people's Republic of China on the prevention and control of solid waste pollution environment (hereinafter referred to as the new solid waste law) lists the industrial solid waste separately.

    What is the status of the production and utilization of industrial solid waste?

    At present, the total amount of industrial solid waste is large, the comprehensive utilization rate is low, and the risk is high. The task of industrial solid waste treatment is very difficult.

    Since 2011, China has produced more than 3 billion tons of general industrial solid waste every year, and reached 3.49 billion tons in 2018. At the same time, the reduction and utilization of industrial solid waste in China are relatively lagging behind. Although China has made great achievements in the adjustment of industrial structure in recent years, the production intensity of industrial solid waste has been slowed down obviously, but at present, the industrial structure is still biased, the implementation of various systems responsible by polluters according to law is not in place, and the enterprise's enthusiasm for clean production is not high, which leads to the high level of industrial solid waste production.

    Moreover, the six kinds of wastes, such as tailings, coal gangue, fly ash, smelting slag, slag, desulfurized gypsum, etc., account for about 80% of the total industrial solid waste per year, which has a large production and difficult treatment. More than 40% of the new industrial solid waste can not be used comprehensively every year, and some industrial solid waste does not meet the requirements of resource utilization.

    In addition, it should be paid attention to that according to the data of 2016, the total amount of industrial solid waste stored in China over the years reaches 60 billion tons to 70 billion tons, with the potential environmental risk being prominent; there are 8345 tailings reservoirs, nearly 90% of which are small tailings reservoirs of grade IV and class V, with complex tailings composition and high environmental risk.

    What are the new measures of the new solid waste law in the management of solid waste?

    In order to further implement the requirements of reduction and resource of solid waste, strengthen the restrictive system requirements on the responsibility of solid waste producers, promote the coordination and systematization of supporting policies, promote enterprises to adopt advanced and applicable technologies to transform traditional industries, reduce the production of industrial solid waste from the source and reduce the harm of industrial solid waste, the new solid waste law mainly includes the following aspects The surface has been revised and innovated to improve the management system and strengthen the top-level design.

    Clarify the relevant competent departments

    Based on the original "competent department of ecological environment under the State Council" and "competent department for development and Reform under the State Council", the new solid waste law has added "competent departments of industry and information technology under the State Council", and clarified that it should, in conjunction with the competent departments of development and reform and ecological environment under the State Council, regularly issue the catalogue of technology, technology, equipment and products for comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste, and organize the opening up of the catalogue The comprehensive utilization evaluation of industrial solid waste resources will be carried out to promote the comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste, so as to fundamentally promote the resource conservation and intensive recycling, and reduce the stock and harmfulness of industrial solid waste pile.

    It is necessary to reasonably allocate the management responsibilities and powers of different departments around the reduction, resource and harmlessness of industrial solid waste, and to form a joint working mechanism with clear division of labor, mutual connection and full cooperation. In addition to the Ministry of ecological environment, development and reform, industry and information technology under the State Council, the competent departments of science and technology and natural resources under the State Council also play an important role in the prevention and control of industrial solid waste pollution.

    For example, the Ministry of science and technology has set up a key project of "solid waste recycling" (the implementation period is 2018-2022), focusing on the three typical solid wastes, namely industrial solid waste, domestic waste and renewable resources, focusing on the three typical solid wastes, namely "reduction, resource and harmlessness", highlighting "economic rationality and rationality" Safety, feasibility and scale consumption, and efforts should be made to solve two scientific problems: collaborative control and quality separation transformation, and comprehensively lead to improve the scientific support and guarantee capacity of solid waste recycling in China.

    Strengthen the responsibility of the producer

    The new solid waste law strengthens the responsibility of the producer of industrial solid waste, including establishing and perfecting the responsibility system for pollution environment prevention and control in the whole process of the production, collection, storage, transportation, utilization and disposal of industrial solid waste, establishing management account and truthful record, realizing traceability and inquiry of industrial solid waste; forbidding the release of industrial solid waste into domestic waste collection facilities; entrusting him to other parties The production unit of the transportation, utilization and disposal of industrial solid waste shall examine the main qualification and technical capacity of the trustee, otherwise it shall bear joint and several responsibilities; the industrial solid waste generating unit shall also carry out the clean production audit according to law and obtain the emission discharge license.

    Industrial enterprises are the main body to prevent and control industrial solid waste pollution. General secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that to promote the formation of green development mode and way of life, we must form a green action system of public governance by government enterprises.

    All kinds of enterprises should take on the main responsibility in strict accordance with the legal requirements, firmly establish the consciousness of the rule of law, the sense of responsibility and the moral consciousness, earnestly fulfill the responsibility system for the prevention and control of the pollution environment, strengthen the standardized management of industrial solid waste, take necessary measures to prevent pollution of the environment, and prevent the phenomenon of "enterprises making profits, the masses suffering and the government paying for money". Meanwhile, for the government, strengthening the requirements for pollution prevention and control of enterprises and actively cultivating leading enterprises can promote the standardization, scale and green development of the industry.

    Strengthen source reduction and comprehensive utilization

    In the third chapter of the new solid waste law, the principle of strengthening the reduction of industrial solid waste source and comprehensive utilization is throughout.

    In terms of source reduction, it is integrated and connected with the law on the promotion of cleaner production, requiring the units producing industrial solid waste to carry out cleaner production audit according to law; the units requiring the production of industrial solid waste shall provide the local competent department of ecological environment with specific measures to reduce the production of industrial solid waste and promote comprehensive utilization, and implement the relevant provisions of the emission permit management system It is required that mining enterprises adopt scientific mining methods and beneficiation technology to reduce solid waste of mining industry, strengthen risk warning and prevention and control of tailings pond, and promote green mine construction.

    In terms of comprehensive utilization, the guiding role of the competent department of industry and information technology under the State Council on promoting the comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste is clarified, the requirements of "the State encourages the comprehensive utilization of mining solid waste such as tailings, coal gangue and waste rock by adopting advanced technology" are added, and the "local people's governments at or above the county level shall organize and construct facilities for centralized disposal of industrial solid waste".

    It is of great significance to implement industrial green production, promote the development of circular economy and comprehensive utilization of industrial resources, which is of great significance for the treatment of industrial solid waste pollution.

    On the one hand, we need to accelerate the upgrading of traditional industries. We will comprehensively improve the level of industrial product technology, technology equipment, energy efficiency and environmental protection, strengthen the efficient utilization of resources and intensive processing, and reduce the production and harmfulness of industrial solid waste. On the other hand, we need to vigorously promote the development of circulation. Combining with local resources and industry reality, we will build a batch of comprehensive utilization bases and industrial chains of energy resources with demonstration and driving role, and strive to improve the recycling level of large industrial solid waste.

    For example, Shaoxing City and Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone in the national "11 + 5" no waste city "construction pilot project actively explore and build industrial solid waste trading platform based on Internet precision data drive, integrate high-quality resources, realize accurate docking of enterprise market and technology, accelerate the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements and promote the comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste.

    Increase the emission permit system

    The new solid waste law clearly states that "the units that produce industrial solid waste shall obtain the emission permit", and require the units producing industrial solid waste to implement the relevant provisions of the emission permit management system, which provides legal support for the incorporation of industrial solid waste into the current emission permit system.

    The general office of the State Council issued the implementation plan of the emission control license system in November 2016, which clearly defined the establishment of a fixed pollution source management system with the emission permit system as the core, and took the emission license as the only administrative license for pollution control during the production and operation of enterprises and institutions and other producers and operators, so as to realize the fine pipe for the control of pollutants discharge into the control of discharge outlet The main responsibility of environmental management is to be implemented.

    The industrial solid waste and hazardous waste are incorporated into the emission permit management, and the control of water, atmosphere, soil and solid waste pollution can be fully covered and "one certificate" management can be realized. It can effectively avoid the cross-media transfer of pollutants caused by reducing the discharge of certain pollutants, and collect and count the generation, utilization, disposal and storage of industrial solid waste of each pollutant discharge unit in the system And promote the whole process management of solid waste.

    At present, the relevant departments of the State Council are formulating regulations on the administration of emission permits, which further strengthen the legal responsibilities and requirements of the emission permit system.

    "Severe punishment and severe punishment" for environmental illegal acts

    The new solid waste law strengthens the "severe punishment and heavy punishment" for environmental illegal acts, and the amount of fines for many illegal acts is 10 times that of the current law.

    In addition, in view of the specific environmental violations, in addition to the administrative punishment of the enterprise itself, it also adds the provisions on the administrative detention of the relevant responsible persons of the enterprise, and fundamentally urges the "actual administrator" of the enterprise to strengthen the environmental risk awareness and do well the environmental management of the enterprise from the overall perspective.

    For example, in the red line area of ecological protection, the centralized area of permanent basic farmland and other areas requiring special protection, the construction of facilities, places and domestic waste landfills for centralized storage, utilization and disposal of industrial solid waste and hazardous waste does not constitute a crime, the legal representative, main responsible person, the person in charge and other responsible personnel of the unit shall be subject to Detention is punishable by law.

    Conclusion: the new law will promote the treatment of industrial solid waste

    From clarifying the relevant competent departments, strengthening the responsibility of producers, strengthening the reduction and comprehensive utilization of the source, increasing the emission permit system, strengthening the implementation of "severe punishment and heavy punishment" for environmental violations, the requirements of environmental management of solid waste stipulated by the new solid waste law are corresponding to the corresponding legal responsibilities, and the most strict system and the most strict rule of law are realized to protect the ecological environment .

    The implementation of the new law will bring innovative impact on the production, comprehensive utilization and disposal of industrial solid waste, further promote the treatment of industrial solid waste, promote the solution of outstanding spearhead that the demand of solid waste management and industrial green high-quality development is not matched and coordinated, and promote the green development of the whole industry chain and the whole product life cycle.