MEE: China totally bans import of foreign garbage
2022-10-21 14:55:35 [Print]
On the morning of October 21, Zhai Qing, vice minister of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China (MEE), said at a press conference of 12th National Congress of CPC that the average concentration of PM2
. 5 in cities at or above prefectural levels in 2021 nationwide was 34 . 8% lower than that in 2015, and good air days' proportion reached 87 . 5% . The proportion of surface water (classⅠ~ Ⅲ) sections reached 84 . 9%, and proportion of inferior class Ⅴ water fell to 1 . 2% . China has completely banned the import of foreign garbage, achieving the zero import goal of solid waste.