Zhejiang Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment - Management Measures for Recycling of Renewable Resources (Revised in 2019)

Management Measures for Recycling of Renewable Resources (Revised in 2019)

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1: In order to promote the recycling of renewable resources, regulate the development of the recycling industry, save resources, protect the environment, and achieve sustainable economic and social development, in accordance with the Clean Production Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China and the Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China

These measures are formulated in accordance with laws and regulations.

Article 2: The term "renewable resources" as used in these Measures refers to various waste generated in the process of social production and daily consumption, which has lost all or part of its original use value and can be recycled, processed, and treated to regain its use value.

Renewable resources include scrap metal, scrap electronic products, scrap electromechanical equipment and its components, waste paper raw materials (such as waste paper, waste cotton, etc.), waste light chemical raw materials (such as rubber, plastic, pesticide packaging, animal bones, hair, etc.), waste glass, etc.

Article 3 Enterprises and individual businesses engaged in renewable resource recovery business activities within the territory of the People's Republic of China (collectively referred to as "renewable resource recovery operators") shall comply with these Measures.

If there are other provisions in laws, regulations and rules regarding the recycling management of imported solid waste, hazardous waste, and scrapped vehicles that can be used as raw materials, such provisions shall prevail.

Article 4: The state encourages all walks of life and urban and rural residents in society to accumulate and sell renewable resources.

Article 5: The state encourages the recycling and treatment of renewable resources in an environmentally friendly manner, and encourages scientific research, technological development, and promotion related to the recycling and treatment of renewable resources.

Chapter 2 Business Rules

Article 6: To engage in renewable resource recovery business activities, it is necessary to meet the registration requirements for industrial and commercial administration. Only after the industrial and commercial registration, can one engage in business activities.

The registration matters for renewable resource recycling operators are integrated into the business license. After the market supervision department approves the industrial and commercial registration, the enterprise information is shared with various relevant departments through the provincial-level sharing platform.

Article 8: Recycling enterprises that recycle productive waste metals and recycling operators that recycle non productive waste metals shall also file a record with the public security organs of the county-level people's government within 15 days after obtaining their business license.

When there is a change in the registered items, the renewable resource recovery operators listed in the preceding paragraph shall, within 15 days from the date of the change (or within 15 days from the date of the change in industrial and commercial registration if it is a registered item), handle the change procedures with the public security organs of the county-level people's government.

Article 9: Production enterprises shall sell productive waste metals by signing acquisition contracts with renewable resource recovery enterprises. The purchase contract should specify the name, quantity, specifications, recovery period, and settlement method of the recovered production waste metal.

Article 10: When recycling productive waste metal, renewable resource recovery enterprises shall truthfully register the name, quantity, specifications, and degree of novelty of the items.

If the seller is a unit, it shall check the certificate issued by the selling unit, and truthfully register the name of the selling unit, the name, address and ID card number of the handler; If the seller is an individual, the name, address and ID card number of the seller shall be truthfully registered.

The retention period of registration materials shall not be less than two years.

Article 11: When renewable resource recovery operators discover stolen goods or suspected stolen goods that have been inspected by the public security organs during their business activities, they shall immediately report to the public security organs.

The public security organs shall seize stolen goods or suspected stolen goods discovered by renewable resource recycling operators in their business activities in accordance with the law and make a list of seizures. If suspected stolen goods are found not to be stolen, they should be returned in a timely manner in accordance with the law;

If it is confirmed through investigation that it belongs to stolen goods, it shall be dealt with in accordance with relevant national regulations.

Article 12: The entire process of collecting, storing, transporting, and treating renewable resources shall comply with relevant national pollution prevention and control standards, technical policies, and technical specifications.

Article 13: Renewable resource recycling operators engaged in the acquisition, sales, storage, transportation and other business activities of second-hand goods shall comply with the relevant regulations on the circulation of second-hand goods.

Article 14: Recycling of renewable resources can be carried out through methods such as door-to-door recycling, mobile recycling, and fixed location recycling.

Renewable resource recycling operators can establish information interaction with residents and enterprises through telephone, internet, and other forms to achieve convenient and fast recycling services.

Chapter 3 Supervision and Management

Article 15: The competent commercial department is the industry regulatory department responsible for the recycling of renewable resources, responsible for formulating and implementing policies, standards, and development plans for the recycling industry.

The development and reform department is responsible for researching and proposing policies to promote the development of renewable resources, organizing the promotion, application, and industrialization demonstration of new technologies and equipment for the utilization of renewable resources.

The public security organs are responsible for the security management of renewable resource recycling.

The administrative department for industry and commerce is responsible for the registration and management of renewable resource recovery operators and the supervision and management of the renewable resource trading market.

The administrative department of environmental protection is responsible for supervising and managing the prevention and control of environmental pollution during the recycling process of renewable resources, and punishing violations of laws and regulations on pollution prevention and control in accordance with the law.

The administrative departments for construction and urban-rural planning are responsible for incorporating renewable resource recycling networks into urban planning, and investigating and rectifying violations of relevant laws and regulations on urban planning and construction management in accordance with the law.

Article 16: The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for formulating and implementing national industrial policies, standards, and development plans for renewable resource recycling.

The competent commercial departments at or above the county level are responsible for formulating and implementing specific industry development plans and other specific measures within their respective administrative regions.

The competent commercial departments at or above the county level shall establish institutions responsible for managing the renewable resource recycling industry and equip them with corresponding personnel.

Article 17: The competent commercial departments of cities at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with administrative departments such as development and reform (economic and trade), public security, industry and commerce, environmental protection, construction, urban-rural planning, etc., in accordance with the principles of overall planning and reasonable layout, and based on the level of local economic development

Develop a plan for renewable resource recycling outlets based on specific conditions such as population density, environment, and resources.

The recycling network for renewable resources includes various places where renewable resources stay during the recycling process, such as community recycling, transfer, distribution, and processing.

Article 18: For the transfer of renewable resources across administrative regions for storage and disposal, an administrative license shall be obtained in accordance with Article 23 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution.

Article 19: The Renewable Resources Recycling Industry Association is an industry self-discipline organization that fulfills the following responsibilities:

（1） Reflect the suggestions and requirements of the enterprise, and safeguard the interests of the industry;

（2） Develop and supervise the implementation of industry self-discipline standards;

（3） Authorized by laws and regulations or entrusted by competent authorities, conduct industry statistics, industry surveys, and publish industry information;

（4） Cooperate with industry regulatory authorities to study and formulate industry development plans, industrial policies, and recycling standards.

The renewable resource recycling industry association shall accept business guidance from the industry regulatory department.