Great Changes Made to China’s Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law

On 25th June, the new draft revision of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution was submitted to the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee for review for the first time. On 5th July, NPC released the full contents of the draft [1] and started a public consultation. The consultation will end on 3rd August.With the last major revision made fourteen years ago, the draft involves a lot of new content. During the Standing Committee meeting, the Minister of Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) introduced the draft revision which was heatedly debated. The following are major additions to the law according to recent news releases.