Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environment Pollution Caused by Solid Wastes (2020).

This Law provides for the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid wastes, the safeguard of human health, ecological safety and the sustainable development of economy. This Law shall not be applicable to the prevention and control of marine environmental pollution by solid wastes or of environmental pollution by radioactive solid wastes. The State shall implement the principles of reducing the discharge and harm of solid wastes, fully and rationally utilizing solid wastes and making them hazardless through treatment so as to promote cleaner production and the development of recycling economy. Technical standards on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid wastes shall be formulated. The State forbids the import of solid wastes that cannot be used as raw material. The economic comprehensive macro-control department of the State Council shall organize the research, development and promotion of the production techniques and equipment that will reduce the discharge and harm of industrial solid wastes and shall eliminate production techniques and equipment that cause severe environmental pollution within the time limit. The entities discharging industrial solid wastes shall provide information about the categories, discharging amount, flow direction, storage, treatment and other materials concerning industrial solid wastes to the environmental protection administrative department and shall build facilities and sites for storing and treating industrial solid wastes that must comply with state standards on environmental protection. The people's governments at or above the county level shall plan to build facilities for collecting, transporting and treating urban-rural consumer wastes, improve the ratio of utilization and harmless treatment of consumer wastes, promote industrial development of collecting and treating consumer wastes, and progressively establish a social service system for preventing and controlling environmental pollution by consumer wastes. The competent agriculture and rural affair authorities shall take the lead in guiding the recycling of agricultural solid waste and cooperate with relevant departments in supervision and management. Special provisions on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by hazardous wastes and legal liabilities are dealt with in detail in Chapters VI and VIII.