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Issue No. 106, December , 2019
Issue No. 106
01 / BCRC China Activities
BCRC China Fully Supports on "Zero-waste City"
Construction Pilot Work in 2019
02 / BC Implementation
China Shenzhen Housing and Construction
Bureau Issued "Emission Limit Standard for
Construction Waste of Construction Projects"
Indonesia Sets Plan to Reduce Marine Waste by
2025
Singapore NEA Invites Proposals For Waste-To-
Energy (WTE) Test-Bedding And Demonstration
Projects
New EU Environmental Standards for the Waste
Incineration Sector Was Published
EPA Adds Aerosol Cans to Universal Waste Regs
Zero Waste Scotland Partners with NBF to Boost
Mattress Recycling
New UN Project Tackles Plastic Pollution in
Mountainous and Remote Regions
03 / Science Updates
Prediction of Industrial Hazardous Waste
Production Based on Different Models
Research on Current Industry Synergy Disposal
and Utilization of Hazardous Waste
04 / International Viewpoint
New Global Commitment Report Reveals
Progress towards Eliminating Plastic Pollution
05 / Calling for Articles
BCRC China/SCRCAP Held the First Face-to-Face Meeting of the Expert Working
Group (EWG) on the E-waste Technical Guidelines
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BCRC China Fully
Supports on "Zero-waste
City" Construction Pilot
Work in 2019
From December 10th to 11th, the
2019 Promotion Conference of
"Zero-waste City" Construction
Pilot was held in Sanya, Hainan
Province. The meeting was guided
by the Ministry of Ecology and
Environment, hosted by the
People's Government of Sanya
City and the Ecological
Environment Department of
Hainan Province, and organized by
the Ecological Environment
Bureau of Sanya, with strong
support from the Solid Waste and
Chemicals Department of Ministry
of Ecology and Environment, the
Environmental Development
Center of Ministry of Ecology and
Environment, the Solid Waste and
Chemicals Management
Technology Center of Ministry
ofEcology and Environment,
China Environmental Publishing
Group, and the Basel Convention
Regional Center for Asia and the
Pacific (hereinafter referred to as
"BCRC China"). Zhuang Guotai,
the Deputy Minister of Ministry of
Ecology and Environment, Deng
Xiaogang, the Director of
Ecological Environment
Department of Hainan Province, A
Dong, the Mayor of Sanya
Government, Zhou Yanhua, the
Vice Mayor of Sanya Government
attended the meeting. Nearly 200
representatives from the Ministry
of Ecology and Environment and
its direct units, cities or regions of
"Zero-waste City" Construction
Pilot, relevant experts and
scholars, enterprises and
associations, and the medias
gathered in Sanya to discuss the
construction path of "Zero-waste
City".
At the meeting, experts, scholars
and city representatives of "Zero-
waste City" Construction Pilot
provided opinions and suggestions
for "Zero-waste City" Construction
Pilot. The Executive Director of
BCRC China, Professor Li Jinhui
and the Assistant Director of
BCRC China, Researcher Liu Lili
were invited to introduce the
"Appropriate Technologies for
Pollution Prevention and Control
of Industry Solid Waste in 'Zero-
waste City' Construction" and the
"'Zero-waste City' Standard
System".
On November 21, 2019, the
"Implementation Plan of ‘Zero-
waste City’ Construction Pilot in
Sanya City" prepared by the Asia-
Pacific Center was officially issued
by the Office of the People's
Government of Sanya, marking the
start of the "Zero-waste City"
Construction Pilot in Sanya.
Among the pilot tasks for Sanya
City ’ s “ Zero-waste City ”
Construction, BCRC China has
undertaken the tasks of compiling
guidelines for residents and
visitors,and the tasks of “Zero-
waste ” cells engineering
construction, including “Zero-
waste Airport” “Zero-waste
Island” “Zero-waste Scenic Area”
and “Zero-waste Science and
Technology Park”. In the next
stage, BCRC China will further
support the "Zero-waste City"
construction work in Sanya City,
advance the pilot work smoothly
and orderly, and strive to achieve
good outcomes.
market players, fostering a new
model of industrial development,
proving policy effectiveness.
More...
New EU regime for safer
and greener ship
recycling enters into force
From 31 December 2018, new EU
regime for safer and greener ship
recycling enters into force. Under
the revised EU Ship Recycling
Regulation, the recycling of all
large sea-going vessels sailing
under an EU flag can only take
place in yards included in the
European List of ship recycling
facilities. The regulation is the only
legally binding and comprehensive
instrument on ship recycling in
force in the world today, which
aims to make ship recycling
greener and safer. More...
Singapore set aside $2
million for the zero waste
programme
On 22 January 2019, Dr. Amy
Khor, Senior Minister of State for
the Environment and Water
Resources of Singapore announced
that $2 million will be made
available to support zero waste
projects. A ‘Towards Zero Waste
Grant’ will support zero waste
ground-up initiatives by
individuals, interest groups, non-
governmental organizations
(NGOs), Grassroots organizations
and corporations. By encouraging
such initiatives, the aim is to
increase awareness of the large
amounts of waste Singapore is
generating and garner the active
participation of various partners to
build a strong 3R (Reduce, Reuse
and Recycle) culture in Singapore.
This is to conserve our precious
resources, extend the lifespan of
Semakau Landfill, and pave the
way towards a Zero Waste Nation
through a circular economy
approach.. More...
Philippines Returns Tons
of Trash to South Korea
The Philippines over the weekend
shipped back to South Korea tons
of garbage stored in 51 container
vans, officials said Monday, six
months after the trash arrived in
the port of Tagoloan, in southern
Misamis Oriental province.Seoul
had agreed to pay the U.S.
$47,000 (2.5 million pesos) cost
of shipping the container vans to
the port of Pyeongtaek, South
Korea. The South Korean
government had also agreed to
shoulder the expense for shipping
5,100 tons of remaining waste in
Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental.
Earlier this month, Korean media
reported that the country would
cover the cost of returning the
waste. More...
Samoa joins the fight
against plastic pollution
Samoa has become the latest
Pacific island country to enforce a
ban on single-use plastics in a bid
to address the growing issue of
plastic pollution. The Waste
(Plastic Ban) Management
Regulation 2018 was officially
endorsed by Cabinet of the
Government of Samoa in 2018 to
manage the plastic problem in
Samoa with commitment to protect
the country’s oceans and marine
environment. The ban prohibits the
import, manufacture, export, sale
and distribution of plastic
shopping bags, packing bags and
straws effective from 30 January
2019.“plastic shopping bags”
under the regulation means a bag
made in whole or partly of thin
plastic film and contains starch
(such as biodegradable bags) or
full petroleum, or additive used as
shopping bags. “Packing bags”
means packing bags used for re-
packing and storage of products.
Also included in the regulations is
a fine for those who fail to comply
with the plastic ban. The fine is set
at SAT $10,000. More...
Morocco Amends Law on
Banned Plastic Bags,
Adds Measures for
Seizure
The Government Council of Rabat
adopted Bill 57.18 amending and
modifying Law
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BC Implementation
China Shenzhen Housing
and Construction Bureau
Issued "Emission Limit
Standard for
Construction Waste of
Construction Projects"
In order to further strengthen the
management of construction
waste, reduce emissions, protect
and improve the ecological
environment, according to
"Several Measures for Further
Strengthening the Construction
Waste Disposal of Our City",
“Shenzhen Construction Project
Emission Limit Standard for
Construction Projects” will be
implemented on January 1, 2020.
The standard puts forward specific
emission limit requirements for
construction waste generated by
various construction projects, and
provide technical guidelines for
construction waste emission
reduction and comprehensive
utilization from construction
projects planning, scheme design,
construction drawing design,
engineering construction to
engineering inspection and
acceptance.More...
Indonesia Sets Plan to
Reduce Marine Waste by
2025
An Indonesian government official
has announced that the government
plans to implement a measure to
limit single-use plastics in order to
reduce ocean pollution by 70
percent by 2025, according to the
Hurriyet Daily News reports. The
announcement was initially made
at the 2017 World Oceans Summit
in Nusa Dua, Bali. At the time,
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister
for Maritime Affairs pledged to
spend up to $1 billion annually to
reduce marine waste by 70 percent
by 2025. In addition, on December
13, Indonesia’s Ministry of
Environment and Forestry
announced that the government
established five strategies for
handling marine waste. The five
strategies that will be applied in the
National Action Plan for the
Management of Marine Waste are:
the national movement to increase
stakeholder awareness; land-based
waste management; prevention of
waste on the coast and sea; funding
mechanisms, institutional
strengthening, supervision and law
enforcement; and research and
development.More...
Singapore NEA Invites
Proposals For Waste-To-
Energy (WTE) Test-
Bedding And
Demonstration Projects
The National Environment Agency
(NEA) of Singapore invites
industry, academia and researchers
to submit proposals for Waste-to-
Energy (WTE) test-bedding and
demonstration projects. This call is
to support trials on technologies
related to the thermal waste
treatment processes that can
potentially be deployed in, or be
used to complement large-scale
WTE plants in Singapore, to
enhance WTE conversion
efficiency and resource recovery.
The call for proposals will close at
11.00 am on 10 March 2020. The
result of the call for proposals is
expected to be announced by
August 2020.More...
New EU Environmental
Standards for the Waste
Incineration Sector Was
Published
On 3 December 2019, the
Commission published the Best
Available Techniques (BAT)
conclusions for Waste Incineration
(WI). New standards will help
national authorities to lower the
environmental impact from the
waste incineration sector in more
than 500 installations which treat
around 30% of the EU's municipal
waste as well as other types of
waste such as hazardous waste or
sewage sludge. The new standards
stem from a review of the Best
Available Techniques (BAT)
reference Document (BREF) for
Waste Incineration. Compared
with the existing standards, the
new BAT conclsions deliver a
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reinforced level of protection, with
particular emphasis on toxic and
persistent organic pollutants such
as mercury, polychlorinated
dioxins and furans. The BAT
conclusions include BAT-
associated emission levels (BAT-
AELs) which have the potential,
through their translation into
emission limits, to drive a sizeable
reduction in emissions from the
waste incineration sector. More...
EPA Adds Aerosol Cans
to Universal Waste Regs
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is adding hazardous
waste aerosol cans to the universal
waste program under the federal
Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA)
regulations.“This change will
benefit the wide variety of
establishments generating and
managing hazardous waste aerosol
cans, including the retail sector, by
providing a clear, protective
system for managing discarded
aerosol cans,” said EPA in a
December 9 final ruling in the
Federal Register. “The streamlined
universal waste regulations are
expected to ease regulatory
burdens on retail stores and others
that discard hazardous waste
aerosol cans; promote the
collection and recycling of these
cans; and encourage the
development of municipal and
commercial programs to reduce the
quantity of these wastes going to
municipal solid waste landfills or
combustors.”The final rule is
effective on February 7,
2020.More...
Zero Waste Scotland
Partners with NBF to
Boost Mattress Recycling
Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) has
teamed up with the National Bed
Federation (NBF) on a three-year
research partnership to increase
mattress recycling and encourage
more sustainable design.The
partnership will see the
organizations design a proposed
Extended Producer Responsibility
(EPR) scheme for mattresses in
Scotland, under which
manufacturers and retailers are
responsible for the stewardship of
their product in a way that
discourages wasteful disposal.
Such schemes encourage
producers to design products that
last longer, are easy to repair, and
are recyclable when they reach the
end of their usable life.More...
New UN Project Tackles
Plastic Pollution in
Mountainous and
Remote Regions
Representatives from
governments, international
organizations, business and
industry, and civil society gathered
in Geneva on December 11, 2019
to launch a new UN project on
plastic waste in mountainous and
remote regions. The project aims
to collect best practices of the
environmentally sound
management of plastic waste and
raise awareness for the problem
within the tourism sector and
outdoor recreation industry.
Subsequently, the project seeks to
apply the collected best practices
to mountainous and remote areas
in a developing country setting
through pilot testing of the
outcomes. Envisaged partners
include UN Environment
Programme, ski and
mountaineering organizations, and
the private sector including
tourism and sports equipment
manufacturers.More...
Science Updates
Prediction of Industrial
Hazardous Waste
Production Based on
Different Models
Based on national hazardous waste
production data from 2008 to 2011,
GM (1,1) grey model, unit
industrial output value model and
average annual growth rate model
are used for prediction studies of
which the prediction results were
compared with the actual values of
hazardous waste from 2012 to
2016. Under the selected
background data, all the three
widely-used models have large
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deviations. The model with the
smallest deviation range is the
annual growth rate model of which
the prediction result is 1.25-2.05
times the actual value. The model
with the second small deviation
range is the unit output value
model of which the prediction
result is 1.36-3.63 times the actual
value. GM (1,1) has the largest
deviation range, of which the
prediction result is 1.46-7.58 times
the actual value. The causes of
deviation are analyzed, and the
results show that, due to the
influence of different factors, the
background data significantly
rocketed in 2011 and 2016,
resulting in the instability of the
model prediction. Based on the
application of the models, the
applicability of different models is
analyzed. It is suggested that the
grey model should be preferred
when there are a few data; and the
easy-to-operate unit output value
model and annual growth rate
model shall be preferred when
there are sufficient historical
data.Meanwhile, the influence of
industry and policy factors should
be comprehensively considered to
improve and optimize the
prediction methods and parameters
of the models, so as to provide
reference for quantitative
prediction of hazardous wastes.
Citation:Liu S, Cheng L, Chen P, et al.
Prediction of Industrial Hazardous
Waste Production Based on Different
Models[C]//IOP Conference Series:
Earth and Environmental Science. IOP
Publishing, 2019, 384(1): 012026.
Research on Current
Industry Synergy
Disposal and Utilization
of Hazardous Waste
The potential and technological
route of synergistic disposal and
utilization of hazardous wastes by
utilizing the characteristics of high
temperature, long time and melting
in metallurgical, cement, coal
chemical and coal-electricity
industries were studied. The
technology feasibility through
industrial collaborative disposal
hazardous wastes was discussed.
In order to promote the
development of solid waste
industry, it was necessary to
strengthen the technology research
of hazardous waste system, focus
on the emission of flue gas
pollution, improve relevant
standards and policy, and establish
a trans-regional industrial
cooperative disposal base. It was
of great importance to improve the
risk control and management level
of the whole process of hazardous
wastes, promote the development
of hazardous wastes as resources
and support the pilot construction
of “waste-free cities”.
Citation:Liu H, Jia J, Zhang Z, et al.
Research on Current Industry Synergy
Disposal and Utilization of Hazardous
Waste[J]. 2019.
International Viewpoint
New Global Commitment
Report Reveals Progress
towards Eliminating
Plastic Pollution
The positive scale of global efforts to
prevent plastic pollution has been
revealed in a new report published by
the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in
collaboration with the UN
Environment Programme (UNEP) on
24 October 2019. It sets a clear
baseline for measuring progress by
leading businesses and governments
towards creating a circular economy
for plastics.
In this report, for the first time, 176
businesses across the global plastics
value chain and 14 governments
across five continents have reported
progress against public targets to
help build a circular economy for
plastics.12 They all share a common
set of commitments and use common
definitions. This report therefore
creates unprecedented transparency
and consistency in data sharing on
plastics across a significant group of
businesses and governments. This
first progress report sets a quantitative
baseline against which to measure
progress over the period to 2025 and
lays out initial actions signatories
have taken to realize their
commitments. Due to the timing of
reporting cycles, most quantitative
data provided by business signatories
is for 2018.
The report is divided into two parts -
the first part provides a summary of
progress across the signatory group
and is divided into three sub- sections:
Section 1 provides a high-level
summary of progress to date and the
perspective of the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation and the UN Environment
Programme on where we are on the
journey towards a circular economy
for plastics. Section 2 provides an
update on the signatory group.
Section 3 provides insights into the
collective progress of the signatory
group to date and highlights examples
that can serve as inspiration for
others.Part 2 of the report contains the
individual progress reports of
business and government signatories.
The six themes of elimination; reuse;
reusable, recyclable or compostable
by design and in practice;
decoupling;and transparency below
run through Part 1 of the report and
provide the structure for the
presentation of findings. The first
five of these are drawn from the New
Plastics Economy vision.. The last is
to highlight disclosure and
transparency.
Citation: New global commitment
report reveals progress towards
eliminating plastic pollution, 2019,
UN Environment.