The Ministry of Ecology and Environment ("MEE") has recently distributed the Circular on the Publicity and Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Waste (the "Circular").
The Circular calls for studying and understanding the latest Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Waste (the "Solid Waste Law") and promoting the popularization of the latest Solid Waste Law. The Circular urges improvement of supporting policies to secure the effective implementation of the latest Solid Waste Law. The MEE will, pursuant to the latest Solid Waste Law, push ahead the enactment and revision of relevant supporting regulations, rules and normative documents as soon as possible and work out the interpretations on law enforcement after research, to ensure the latest Solid Waste Law will be delivered effectively. Additionally, the Circular urges enhanced law enforcement to put in place the latest Solid Waste Law. Authorities of ecology and environment at all levels shall incorporate the law enforcement activities related to prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste into their routine environmental regulation and law enforcement plans. Moreover, efforts will be made to innovate the regulatory means and mechanisms, seriously investigate and deal with relevant violations in accordance with the law and to improve the effectiveness of law enforcement and law-based administration. The whistleblower reward mechanism needs to be practiced in combination with the Guiding Opinions on Implementing the Whistleblower Reward Mechanism concerning Ecological and Environmental Unlawful Acts.