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New Developments in Waste Trade
18 Apr 2018China to Implement New Standards for Foreign Waste Imports from March
On January 11, 2018, China's Ministry of Environment said that China will implement new standards regulating the import of 11 types of solid waste of foreign origin starting from March 1, 2018.
In November 2017, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) announced that the standards would include a foreign matter limit of 1 percent for non-ferrous metals and only 0.5 percent for paper, ferrous metals and waste electric motors. This development follows China's decision to ban the import of four waste classes, including 24 different solid wastes, including plastic waste, vanadium slag, unsorted waste paper and waste textile materials, by the end of 2017. The World Trade Organization Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade published China's decision in July 2017.
Plastic Exports from the UK to Countries Other than China Are Increasing
Britain's Environment Minister Michael Gove announced to Parliament that companies exporting plastic waste for recycling have increased the volume of waste they send from the UK to Turkey, Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia.
"On 1 January 2018, China introduced a ban on the import of certain types of waste, including mixed paper and used plastics (plastics discarded by consumers). Other types of waste, including all other paper and plastic export items, will also have to meet the acceptable contamination level of 0.5%, which is reduced from March 2018," Minister Gove told Parliament.
Minister Michael Gove explained how ministers are working to understand the potential impact of the ban and what needs to be done. He added: "We began working at an international level to understand the scale and scope of China's waste restrictions. The British Government raised the issue with the EU in September. Following this, the EU, along with four other members, questioned the proposals at the WTO meeting in October."
In terms of the management of materials in the UK; He reminded waste disposal facility operators that "they must continue to manage the waste in their facilities in accordance with the permit conditions issued by the Environment Agency." "In cases where there are no export markets or the possibility of domestic reprocessing, the process chosen for waste management should be one that reduces the environmental impact of processing the waste as much as possible and complies with the waste hierarchy."
He explained what this means: "In this case, when waste cannot be prevented or reused, facility operators will first ensure that the waste is recycled if possible, and then consider energy recovery through incineration or, as a last resort, disposal to landfills."
Minister Gove also said in his statement: "Managing waste has always been a high priority for our government," confirming that a new Resource and Waste Strategy would be published "later this year". He continued: "The Clean Growth Strategy, published on 12 October 2017, set out our ambition for zero avoidable waste by 2050 and announced that we were exploring the possibility of changes to our producer responsibility programme. In December, I chaired a roundtable on plastics with industry representatives and outlined my four-point plan to address plastic waste: reduce the total amount of plastic in circulation; reduce the number of different plastics in use; improve the recycling rate; comprehensive and frequent collection of rubbish and recyclable waste." to support and make it easier for people to understand which waste should be recycled and which should be thrown into the general waste bin.”
"This comes in addition to the Government's previous measures to reduce waste. Our 5p charge on plastic bags has taken 9 billion bags out of circulation, reducing use by 83%. On Tuesday 9 January, our world-first ban on the production of personal care products containing plastic micro-beads will come into effect. In October 2017, we called for views on the management of single-use beverage containers and our working group will report to Ministers early this year."
"We are working on a call for comments with the Ministry of Treasury to collect views in 2018 on how a tax system or additional fees could reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste. Under the Waste Infrastructure Delivery Programme, the government will allocate GBP 3 billion until 2042, supporting investment in various facilities to prevent waste from being disposed of in landfills and increase recycling levels."
"China's decision highlights the need for progress in all these areas. In particular, we must reduce the amount of waste we produce in general and the amount we export for processing in other countries in particular. We will take additional steps to achieve these goals in the coming weeks and months, such as the next 25-Year Environmental Plan."
Source: Taken from EXPRA Bulletin.
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