[Regulatory Update] Jiangsu Province Issues Notice on Electronic Transfer Manifests for the Second Batch of General Industrial Solid Waste — Applying from 1 January 2025
Source:Jiangsu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment
On 27 December 2024, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment published its notice on the second batch of general industrial solid waste subject to electronic transfer-manifest management (Su Huan Ban [2024] No. 297). The notice states that it implements the newly revised Jiangsu Provincial Regulation on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste and follows notice Su Huan Ban [2023] No. 327, with the aim of strengthening environmental management of the transfer of general industrial solid waste.
The second batch covers fly ash, furnace slag and flue-gas desulphurisation gypsum from coal-fired (heat) power plants; titanium gypsum; general industrial solid waste co-processed at domestic waste incineration facilities; general industrial solid waste disposed of by the government through administrative substitute disposal; and general industrial solid waste transferred across provincial boundaries. From 1 January 2025, transfers of industrial solid waste from generators to collection, storage, utilisation or disposal units, or from collection and storage units to utilisation or disposal units, must use electronic transfer manifests. Units are to keep waste management ledgers and file declarations through the provincial solid waste management information system.
Editor's View
The notice is a measure of Jiangsu Province, not a nationwide system, and applies to the five categories it lists. The content of the first batch, implementation after the notice and the effect on individual companies are not in this source.
※ This article is based on official public information from an external source (Jiangsu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment) and has been analyzed and organized for practical use.
China's "Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste" is a powerful law requiring all manufacturing plants in China to properly sort, store, recycle, and treat industrial solid waste and hazardous waste. It is the legal foundation of China's distinctive green policy achieving "zero waste imports," and imposes fines of up to RMB 1 million (roughly JPY 20 million) for violations of proper on-site storage standards or for entrusting disposal to unlicensed operators. In addition, representatives of companies that improperly entrust waste disposal face administrative detention of up to 15 days.
