Achievements and prospects of implementation of the extended producer responsibility(EPR) system for waste lead-acid batteries
HE Yi1,, WANG Wei2, DING He1,,, JIA Jia1, ZHENG Yang1, HU Hualong1 1.Solids Waste and Chemicals Management Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100029, China 2.Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Abstract:In 2020, the newly amended Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution Environment for the first time included the extension of the responsibility system of producers of waste lead-acid batteries into law, and determined the recovery obligations of producers, making up for the blank of the upper law in the implementation of relevant policies. Based on the legal collection and treatment capacity of waste lead-acid batteries in China since 2016, this study analyses the achievements in implementing the extended producer responsibility (EPR) system and establishing a legal and orderly collection and treatment system of waste lead-acid batteries in China, and discusses the corresponding solutions to some problems faced, with a view to provide a reference for the improvement of environmental management in related fields after the implementation of the “Solid Waste Law”. Key words:waste lead-acid batteries/ extended producer responsibility(EPR) system/ collection and treatment.
图1历年中国铅蓄电池产量及废铅蓄电池产生量 Figure1.Amount of produced and wasted lead-acid batteries
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1.Solids Waste and Chemicals Management Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100029, China 2.Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China Received Date: 2020-08-17 Accepted Date: 2021-01-29 Available Online: 2021-07-23 Keywords:waste lead-acid batteries/ extended producer responsibility(EPR) system/ collection and treatment Abstract:In 2020, the newly amended Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution Environment for the first time included the extension of the responsibility system of producers of waste lead-acid batteries into law, and determined the recovery obligations of producers, making up for the blank of the upper law in the implementation of relevant policies. Based on the legal collection and treatment capacity of waste lead-acid batteries in China since 2016, this study analyses the achievements in implementing the extended producer responsibility (EPR) system and establishing a legal and orderly collection and treatment system of waste lead-acid batteries in China, and discusses the corresponding solutions to some problems faced, with a view to provide a reference for the improvement of environmental management in related fields after the implementation of the “Solid Waste Law”.