Hazardous Substances from Open Burning of Waste in China

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OUTLINE

Background1

Sampling2

Shipment3

Further research4

1.1 Law & Regulation

Law of the Country

Government rule

Local Rule

Dump in the

appointed place

Cleaning done

responsibly and timely

Discard randomly

forbidden and to be

fined

….

Environmental management for domestic waste in China

Management statute on urban environment and sanitation

System on municipal solid waste charge

…

Management measures on municipal solid waste in Beijing

Management statute on municipal solid waste in Chengdu

Management measures on municipal solid waste in Wuhan

…

1.1 Law & Regulation

Open burning of municipal solid waste is forbidden and can only be found accidentally in some rural areas；

The disposal technology is becoming mature and well regulated。

1.2 Management of MSW in ChinaSEPA

State Development and Planning Commission

Ministry of foreign Trade & Economic cooperation

The Economic & Trade Commission

The Ministry of Science & Technology

National commission of patriotic sanitary

National supplying and marketing cooperation

Disposal policy of MSW

Overseas investment indraught

Integrated use of resources & industrialization

Control technology and standard

Sanitation inspection

Deposed materials reclaim

1.3 MSW recycle system

waste sources small transport station

Middle transport station

compost

landfillPrimary waste Secondary waste Mechanical

recycle

primary dealer Factoriessecondary dealer

full-time collectorpart-time collector

incineration

Full-time collectors

1.4 Open burning in China

Biomass

Going on

Municipal solid wasteHappened in the waste stacking place

Long-time stacked waste easy to burn

Less and less in the city and town

Only can be accidentally occurred in the suburb

OUTLINE

Background1

Sampling2

Shipment3

Further research4

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2.1 Determination of composition

(1) 2007/02

(3) 2007/05-06

(4) 2007/07

(2) 2007/03-05

(5) 2007/08-09

1.Field investigation in several provinces of China

2.Literature review on composition of MSW

3.Summary of composition of typical solid waste in referring to the project mtg

4.Continuous field investigation of composition of solid waste

5.Discussion with all the project partners and determine the final composition for burning experiment

2.2 Final composition of MSW for burning

waste composition in urban area

16%

16%

2% 5%4.5%

2% 0.5%2%

2%

49%Dust Kitchen wastePlastics PaperMetalGlassTextileRubberDisposable diapers/Feminine napkinsOthers

2.2 Final composition of MSW for burning

waste composition in semi-urban zones

20%

47%

10%

10%1%2% 5.5%0.5%1%2%

Dust Kitchen wastePlastics PaperMetalGlassTextileRubberDisposable diapers/Feminine napkinsOthers

2.2 Final composition of MSW for burning

waste composition in rural areas

38%

40%

5%

5%

1%

1% 0% 7%2%

1%

Dust Kitchen wastePlastics PaperMetal GlassTextile RubberDisposable diapers/Feminine napkins Others

2.2 Final composition of MSW for burning

Type

%

dust kitchenwaste

plastics paper metal glass textile rubber diapers others

urbanarea

5 50 16 16 2 1 1 1 0.5 4.5

Semiurban

20 48 10 10 2 1 2 1 0.5 5.5

Ruralarea

38 40 5 5 1 1 2 1 0 7

OUTLINE

Background1

Sampling2

Shipment3

Further research4

3.1 All the communications between all the partners

1. Tsinghua University submitted related materials to SPEA

2. Communicate with Sweden EPA

3. Communicate with Umea

Promote the procedures for both China and Sweden

4. Offer related materials to Tsinghua Univ and Sweden EPA

performing Basel Convention and EC1013/2006transboundary movement document

send Consent Document to Tsinghua University

4Umea

University

3Sweden

SEPA

1TsinghuaUniversity

2SEPA

Offer Consent Document to China

3.2 related materials submitted to SPEA

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Requisition for hazardous waste export

Transboundary movement of waste-notification

Contract between exporter and importer

Chemical safety description script for the export waste

Illustration for the disposal and treatment of the export waste

Scheme for emergent accident during the shipment of waste

Traffic information of the export waste

Announcement for the shipment

Financial guarantee

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OUTLINE

Background1

Sampling2

Shipment3

Further research4

2008/01 2008/05 2008/062008/-09

2008/10

Burn hutexperiments and analysis in Umea

Project meeting in Beijing

Field samplingand analysis

Project meeting in Beijing

2009

Final report ofall activities

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