Good Practices for the Implementation of the Basel

Convention

Wang Qian

SEPA ChinaJan. 29, 2008

BC implementation in China

• Laws and regulations• Management system and coordination

mechanism• Information dissemination • Planning for disposal facilities• Cooperation and exchange of Information

with other countries• Crack down on illegal traffic

Institutional Structure

Implementation of BC

SEPACustoms, AQSIQ, Commerce, NDRC

National Center of Solid Waste Management

Local EPBs

Cooperation

Good Practices of Coordination

with AQSIQ, GACC, NDRC, MOC– Interagency Coordination meeting– Dual use of electronic and paper certificates

at ports since Oct. 2005– Exchange of information about domestic

importers with AQSIQ– Cooperate with the Customs to crack down on

illegal traffic: Sky-hole patching

Import

Licensing- Solid wastes that can be used as raw

materials are only allowed to be imported with a special import license

- Supervision and monitoring are done to ensure that imported waste are recycled in an environmentally sound manner

Sample of Waste Import Licence

Overseas SupplierSEPA-LicenceSEPA-Licence

AQSIQ-LicenceAQSIQ-Licence

AQSIQ-LicenceSEPA-Licence AQSIQ-Licence

SEPA-LicenceDomestic Consignee Licence by AQSIQ

Port inspection by AQSIQ and China customs

Environmentally sound recovery

by recyclers

Pre-shipment inspection

Export

• Export only allowed when

- there are no adequate recovery/disposal facilities in China that are capable of environmentally sounddisposal of the waste

- must comply with the requirements of the Basel Convention:

Rejection Approval

Notify importer/ transit countries

Consent

Exporter

SEPA

Rejection

review

Authorization

Application to

The newly introduced regulations

• Regulations for the Environmental Management and Prevention and Control of Pollution by E-waste– Issued in Sept. 2007 and will enter into effect on

February 1st, 2008• Guidelines for Formulating Emergency Response

Measures by Hazardous Waste Management Entities• The Technical Specification for Identifying Hazardous

Wastes• The Technical Specification for Pollution Control

during Collection and Recycle of Waste Plastics• The Environmental Protection Technical Specification

for Disassembly of End-of-life Vehicle

The regulations under discussion

• Measures on the Export Certificates of Hazardous Waste • List of Restricted Imported Solid Wastes that Can Be Used

as Raw Materials • List of Automatic-Licensing Solid Wastes that Can Be

Used as Raw Materials • List of Wastes Prohibited against Import (being revised )• National Catalogue of Hazardous Wastes• Procedures for Identifying the Characteristics of Solid

Wastes• Measures on Waste Import Management (being drafted)

International Cooperation

• Cooperation with - Japan- Republic of Korea- EU- USA

• Information Exchange

Zhenhai Renewable Resource Park, Zhejiang Province

• Chiho-Tiande Metals Co Ltd, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province

200,000 tons of scrap motors disassembly annually

98 % of the waste can be reused after processing

Thank you for your attention !