Modi met Putin during a high-profile visit in which Putin praised India as a 'strong and reliable ally'.

Modi said that India's friendship with Russia has remained unchanged despite global geopolitical shifts.

The bilateral agenda under Modi and Putin has emphasized energy and defence cooperation.

India and Russia held their first-ever 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial meeting and signed multiple military cooperation agreements.

The two sides signed a 10-year military cooperation agreement and an oil cooperation agreement and discussed joint research and production of military equipment.

India agreed to produce Russian AK-203 assault rifles in India through an Indo-Russian joint venture with technology transfer and local production of more than 600,000 rifles over the next decade.

Russia began supplying India with S-400 long-range air-defence systems, which Indian sources described as intended to strengthen deterrence against China and Pakistan.

India's purchase of the S-400 has complicated ties with the United States because Washington has warned partners against buying Russian military equipment and threatened sanctions.

India is diversifying defence suppliers while still relying heavily on Russia, with about 80 percent of India's existing military equipment of Russian origin.

The Ukraine war disrupted some military deliveries and spare-part shipments from Russia, with reports that only three of five S-400 systems had been delivered and other supplies were behind schedule.

Economic ties strengthened after the Ukraine war as India increased imports of Russian oil, fertilizers, and gas at reduced prices, which helped to contain inflation.

Bilateral trade rose from about US$15 billion in 2021–2022 to about US$65 billion in 2023–2024.

The two governments stated trade targets, with references in some documents to US$30 billion by 2025 and to a later joint goal of US$100 billion by 2030.

Russia and India have expanded nuclear cooperation with long-term projects, Rosatom maintenance roles, and reciprocal uranium and services that commentators said will bind the countries for decades.

Analysts and media noted that India has pursued a careful balancing act by deepening ties with both Russia and the United States while engaging in forums such as the Quad in response to China’s rise.

Under Modi and Putin the India–Russia relationship has deepened in energy, defence, and nuclear cooperation, while India’s rivalry with China has driven specific defence purchases from Russia and simultaneously pushed India to balance those ties by strengthening relations with the United States.

Modi met Putin during a high-profile visit in which Putin praised India as a 'strong and reliable ally'.

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Modi Meets Putin, Putin Praises India as ‘ Strong and Reliable Ally ’
Putin, who is visiting India, praised India as a "strong and reliable ally" of Moscow. Putin's visit focused on "energy" and "defense". The foreign ministers and defense ministers of the two sides held their first 2 + 2 meeting and signed a number of military cooperation agreements.
In a joint statement, the two sides reiterated their intention to strengthen defense cooperation and achieve the goal of reaching US $30 billion in bilateral trade by 2025.
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Indian diplomats said on Monday that Russia had begun supplying India with S-400 long-range air defense systems.
During Putin ’ s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two sides also signed a 10-year military cooperation agreement and an oil cooperation agreement.
In a joint statement issued after the meeting, the two sides reiterated their intention to strengthen defense cooperation, including joint research and development and production of military equipment. They also stressed the need to achieve the goal of 30 billion US dollars in bilateral trade by 2025, and strengthen cooperation in energy and satellite navigation.
Speaking to the media before his meeting with Modi, Putin said: "We consider India to be a big country, a friendly country and a security ally."
Putin ’ s trip to India is aimed at strengthening ties with India ’ s traditional allies, which are being eroded by the United States.
To counter China ’ s rise, the United States has established the Quad Security Dialogue (Quad) with India, Japan and Australia, drawing attention from Beijing and Moscow.
During the Cold War, India had close relations with the Soviet Union, a relationship that continues to this day, described by New Delhi as a “special and privileged strategic partnership. ”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss defense and trade relations between the two countries to strike a balance with the United States.
"Over the past few decades, there have been many fundamental changes in the world, as well as various geopolitical elements, but India's friendship with Russia has always been the same," Modi said before the meeting with Putin.
India ’ s foreign ministry said the annual bilateral summit covered political and defence issues.
The two leaders also discussed the takeover of the Afghan regime by the Taliban earlier this year, which has led to a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
India and Russia have long had close ties, and both sides have set a goal of reaching US $30 billion in bilateral trade by 2025.
But recently, India and the United States have drawn closer, seeing the United States as a key force in the fight against China.
India, while strengthening its military ties with the United States, is also trying to manage its defense relations with Russia.
India, a major arms importer, relied heavily on the former Soviet Union for its military supplies during the Cold War, and now buys weapons from the United States in a decentralized manner.
Under former US President Donald Trump, India signed more than US $3 billion in arms purchase contracts with the United States, and the two countries ’ armaments trade has increased from zero in 2008 to US $15 billion in 2019.
On the other hand, India ’ s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile system to counter China has become a major problem in relations with the United States.
This sophisticated anti-aircraft missile defense system, once available, is expected to give India the strategic deterrent power against China and Pakistan.
However, the United States has asked partners not to purchase Russian-made military equipment, or it may impose sanctions.
In addition, India and Russia held their first 2 + 2 meeting in New Delhi on Monday, where they signed a number of cooperation agreements on "military and small arms".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in New Delhi on Monday night and held a 2 + 2 meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Igor Sujason and Defense Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Ministerial 2 + 2 meeting was the first between India and Russia.
Singh tweeted after the meeting that discussions on defence cooperation between the two sides had been fruitful and that India valued the "special strategic partnership" with Russia.
He added that the two sides had signed several agreements, contracts and protocols on small arms and military cooperation.
However, Singh and India ’ s Ministry of Defence have yet to release a formal statement or press release disclosing details of the various agreements signed with Russia.
Indian media reported that one of the major agreements was the technology transfer and local production of the Russian-made AK-203 assault rifle.
Under the agreement, India will produce more than 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles in India over the next 10 years through an Indo-Russian joint venture.
Another deal is to extend the 10-year India-Russia military-technical cooperation agreement until 2031.

Modi said that India's friendship with Russia has remained unchanged despite global geopolitical shifts.

How did India react to the war between Russia and Ukraine?

India did not directly oppose Russia's actions

India did not join the Western sanctions against Russia

The bilateral agenda under Modi and Putin has emphasized energy and defence cooperation.

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Content: 11 July 2024, 09: 32
The West ’ s attempt to undermine Russia has increased the danger of a third world war
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The danger of a third world war is growing, and it may arise in Europe.
Such a statement in an interview with RIA Novosti was made by the scientific director of the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics of the HSE Sergey Karaganov.
“The main reason for this is the desperate attempt of the West to undermine Russia, ” he said.
The political scientist noted that he insists on reviving the role of the nuclear factor as a reliable fuse.
In his opinion, this is necessary both for the protection of Russia and the whole world.
In the interview, the expert also noted that the collapse of the West will cause the emergence of new world centers.
“Some states fall, others rise … This is a natural process, ” he explained.
The fact that Russia is interested in peace, and the West - in unleashing a global conflict and the sale of new batches of weapons, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He noted that some countries are literally paving the way for World War III.
Earlier, former US President Donald Trump said that the United States is going through terrible times, and the current leader Joe Biden is just dragging the country into a world war.
“U.S. policy is repugnant. ”
Americans panicked over BRICS meeting
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The June meeting of BRICS foreign ministers and partners pointed to growing discontent with the US policy in the world.
This was stated by international columnist Adam Gallagher in an article for Newsweek.
Journalists and observers paid close attention to the G7 summit and the conference on Ukraine, but the key event that did not take place in Russia - the meeting of BRICS foreign ministers with colleagues from two dozen countries of the Global South.
“This meeting … showed that US policy is being rejected by more and more countries, ” Gallagher said.
According to him, the BRICS events are favorably different from the summits in the West.
The organization promotes fairer systems of security, finance and governance.
Twenty-four countries are in line to join the BRICS, Federation Council Chairman Valentina Matvienko said earlier.
In the West, nothing can be done about the expansion of the organization.
EU countries have prepared a “punishment ” for Orban ’ s visit to Russia
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European Union member states are going to boycott the ministerial meetings organized by Hungary.
This will be a “punishment ” for the country ’ s Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his visit to Moscow, Politico reported.
During a private meeting, the representative of Hungary in the European Union Balint Odor faced unprecedented criticism from colleagues.
If Orban continues his current course, Hungary faces “real consequences, ” the authors of the material noted.
One such measure would be the boycott of informal meetings.
The European Council event, which took place on July 9, was attended by representatives of only seven of the 27 countries.
Orban ’ s desire to resolve the conflict in Ukraine caused outrage at the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, said the French politician Florian Filippo.
According to him, the Hungarian prime minister is “trolling the EU ”.
“A serious mistake. ”
Antonov on US plans to deploy missiles in Germany
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The United States ’ plans to deploy intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in Germany directly threaten international security.
This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, whose words led RIA Novosti.
The diplomat called such steps extremely destabilizing – the Americans increase the risk of an arms race.
"This is a serious mistake of Washington," Antonov said.
He warned that Russia ’ s tolerance for provocations against security is not unlimited.
American missile strike potential facilities in Germany will be in the range of Russian sights.
Earlier, Antonov praised the first day of the NATO summit.
According to him, the participants of the meeting continue to inflame military psychosis, as well as impose authoritarian orders that meet the interests of the “golden billion ”.
11 July 2024, 05: 23
“This friendship is for a long time. ”
Nuclear projects link relations between Russia and India
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General projects for the construction of nuclear power plants in India marked a new stage in Russian-Indian relations.
This was reported by CNN.
“Relations between [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi and [Russian President] Putin <... > are now ‘ green ’.
Not only that, they have also become nuclear, ” the journalists said.
The publication noted that earlier cooperation between the two countries was limited to trade in hydrocarbons.
Now states are betting on uranium and “green ” energy sources.
In addition, long-term relations between India and Russia are associated with the constant maintenance of nuclear power plants by Rosatom specialists.
Indian companies will also supply Russian uranium.
“It feels like this friendship will last for a long time.
Deepening nuclear cooperation <... > will bind the countries for decades to come, ” the TV channel summed up.
Earlier, Putin and Modi called for the reform of the UN Security Council and the accession of India to the number of permanent members.
This is necessary to deal more effectively with issues related to security and peace.
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In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

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weapons supply

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

energy
security & military
weapons joint production
weapons supply

India and Russia held their first-ever 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial meeting and signed multiple military cooperation agreements.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

security & military
weapons supply
weapons joint production

What formal frameworks do India and Russia cooperate within?

defense ministers' meetings
foreign ministers' meetings

The two sides signed a 10-year military cooperation agreement and an oil cooperation agreement and discussed joint research and production of military equipment.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

security & military
weapons joint production

India agreed to produce Russian AK-203 assault rifles in India through an Indo-Russian joint venture with technology transfer and local production of more than 600,000 rifles over the next decade.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

security & military
weapons supply
weapons joint production
commerce

Russia began supplying India with S-400 long-range air-defence systems, which Indian sources described as intended to strengthen deterrence against China and Pakistan.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

Why is maintaining a relationship with India important for Russia?

Why is maintaining a relationship with Russia important for India?

India's purchase of the S-400 has complicated ties with the United States because Washington has warned partners against buying Russian military equipment and threatened sanctions.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

India is diversifying defence suppliers while still relying heavily on Russia, with about 80 percent of India's existing military equipment of Russian origin.

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Content: Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’ s recent two-day visit to Russia may have been watched more in the West than in India itself.
Modi received an official reception in Russia, where President Vladimir Putin, who faces Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, described the Indian prime minister as his “best friend. ”
The visit, Modi ’ s first overseas trip after taking office for a new term, has been described as of international significance.
India is in a unique position as it enjoys long-term relations with Russia while at the same time getting closer to the United States and is now in a position to win the trust of both sides.
Thus, while India is unlikely to play the role of mediator, the South Asian country, during the crisis period, could play some role in helping to find a solution to the war in Ukraine.
But throughout the visit, Modi was clearly balancing India ’ s position between the two sides.
He has described Russia as a friend at all times, referring to how Moscow has advanced in the past to help New Delhi.
Russia shared nuclear technology with India at a time when no other country was willing to do so.
It is also supplying arms to India and helping to strengthen its defence deterrence amid border problems with neighbouring countries.
While India is now diversifying its defense purchases from Israel, the United States, and France, among others, 80 percent of India ’ s military equipment to date comes from Russia.
Russia has also become important since the outbreak of the Ukrainian war, to provide fuel at reduced prices, which is crucial for India, whose energy needs are growing exponentially.
Cheap fuel helped New Delhi adjust inflation in India.
At the same time, India ’ s relations with the United States have grown at a rapid pace in recent times.
Against this backdrop, the visit was also a lesson in skilful diplomatic manoeuvres, as Modi managed to strike a good balance between the two sides.
During the visit, Modi noted that his 17 meetings with Putin over the past decade have strengthened mutual trust and respect between the two sides.
The Indian prime minister not only called Russia a friend at all times, but also a “partner for better or worse. ”
The two leaders also exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis.
The Indian prime minister reiterated his country's position that there could be no solutions to the crisis amid "guns, bullets and bombs".
"Whether it is a war, a conflict or a terrorist attack, anyone who believes in humanity suffers when there is a loss of life," he said, stressing that "when innocent children are killed, the heart bleeds and this pain is very frightening."
There is no doubt that Modi ’ s visit to Russia was significant.
Apart from the international attention from a political point of view on its outcome, the visit is seen as adding to the continued momentum in relations between the two countries.
Economic relations in particular have received a boost since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, mainly due to India ’ s imports of oil, fertilizers and gas at reduced prices.
Trade between India and Russia, which has been stagnant for years, rose from $15 billion in 2021-2022 to $65 billion in 2023-2024 after the outbreak of the Ukrainian war in 2022.
So, during Modi ’ s visit, the two sides also discussed ways to strengthen economic ties.
The two countries agreed to boost trade to $100 billion by 2030, reduce non-tariff barriers, reduce trade imbalances in Russia ’ s favor, improve connectivity and increase trade in agricultural goods.
They also discussed some outstanding problems that remain unresolved between the two countries, such as the issue of the growing trade imbalance.
The outbreak of the Ukrainian war, which was the reason for the strengthening of energy ties between the two countries, put pressure on the military relationship, delaying shipments of spare parts and new weapons.
For example, Russia has so far delivered only three of the five S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems, while the other two are behind schedule.
The delivery of spare parts and other military equipment remained an essential part of the discussions.
The two sides are now exploring the possibility of establishing partnerships in joint ventures in India for some important parts of arms.
Modi ’ s visit to Russia, while surprising to the West, was of great importance to India in pushing forward its relations with Russia.
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In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

The Ukraine war disrupted some military deliveries and spare-part shipments from Russia, with reports that only three of five S-400 systems had been delivered and other supplies were behind schedule.

How has Russia/ India arms trade evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine?

Economic ties strengthened after the Ukraine war as India increased imports of Russian oil, fertilizers, and gas at reduced prices, which helped to contain inflation.

How did India react to the war between Russia and Ukraine?

India did not directly oppose Russia's actions

India did not join the Western sanctions against Russia

How has Russia/ India trade evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine?

India's purchases of Russian oil increased

How has trade level between India and Russia changed under Modi and Putin?

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

Bilateral trade rose from about US$15 billion in 2021–2022 to about US$65 billion in 2023–2024.

How has trade level between India and Russia changed under Modi and Putin?

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

The two governments stated trade targets, with references in some documents to US$30 billion by 2025 and to a later joint goal of US$100 billion by 2030.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

Russia and India have expanded nuclear cooperation with long-term projects, Rosatom maintenance roles, and reciprocal uranium and services that commentators said will bind the countries for decades.

How has trade level between India and Russia changed under Modi and Putin?

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

Analysts and media noted that India has pursued a careful balancing act by deepening ties with both Russia and the United States while engaging in forums such as the Quad in response to China’s rise.

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On Monday, PM Modi spoke over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The phone call reportedly was a follow-up on many of the issues raised during Putin's recent India visit on December 6. According to a statement by the PMO, the two leaders have agreed to remain in regular touch with each other on a range of issues covered under the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. Insofar as visits from foreign dignitaries and leaders go, Putin's visit to India earlier this month was arguably the most consequential development for India in the field of foreign affairs for quite some time. India, as may be known, has a long and storied relationship with Russia and its precursor, the Soviet Union. From the earliest days, the friendship between the two nations had a strong strategic undertone with both sides supporting each other on the world stage whenever necessary. Indeed, the Soviet Union was undeniably India's greatest ally in the 20th century against the machinations of the western powers like the US that did not take kindly to India announcing itself to be a 'socialist' nation. From Kashmir to the Bangladesh Liberation War, Russia has stood by India in defence of its strategic interests. As a proof of the relationship, a majority of military equipment India currently possesses was either directly supplied by Moscow or is otherwise of Russian origin. In recent years, with the fall of the Soviet Union and India's move towards liberalising its economy, India has ventured out into the world to make a new set of friends. This time around, it is India and the US that are getting along like a house on fire. India has deliberately sought to widen its field diplomatically and militarily in order to not be tied down to a single nation with the rather pragmatic understanding that there are no permanent relationships in international politics. In more recent times, Russia and India have somewhat drifted further apart as Russia bands together with India's rival China to take on the hegemony of the western world that is held up by the US. While India has no interest in joining the US in its power games against Russia, it is very much interested in leveraging its relationship with the west in its struggle to contain a belligerent China. It is here that India has had to perform a tremendous tight-rope walk, particularly following the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia. On the one hand, you have America that wishes to limit or even extinguish India's strategic relationship with Russia. On the other, you have Russia that is increasingly concerned and agitated by India drawing ever closer to the US's sphere of influence as it joins America in endeavours like the Quad grouping. Of particular concern to both sides is India's continuing dependence on Russia for military equipment. The US, already having sanctioned Turkey for the same, looks on menacingly as it threatens India with sanctions for buying the S-400 missile system. Russia, of course, is not only interested in keeping its old defence ties but even expanding them, as it has been recently teasing India with the possibility of being the first nation in the world to buy the improved S-500 missile system. In this regard, Putin's visit to India could be termed as symbolic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Putin has only ventured out twice from his country, with the second trip being the one to India. His tone and body language during the meeting with PM Modi spoke volumes of the importance he attaches to maintaining the ties with India. Aside from underscoring the good working relationship he has with India's PM, the visit also highlighted that despite the recent turns of history, the two nations still have much to share and collectively work towards. Common concern in regards to the Taliban and Afghanistan is one such area that the two sides are looking to cooperate on in the near future. Another is strengthening existing defence ties between the two nations. Underscoring its strategic independence, India has decided to continue with its defence dealings with Russia, discussing the purchase of the S-400 missile system while also finalising a long-pending Rs 5,000 crore deal for the production of over five lakh AK-203 rifles in a joint Indo-Russian deal. But all said and done, the future of India's relationship with Russia still has some shades of uncertainty. Primary amongst them is the ongoing escalation between Moscow and NATO in regards to Ukraine and eastern Europe. If Russia should choose to brave threats of western sanctions to take action in Ukraine, where does this leave India? Can India still continue its balancing game between east and west at a time when geopolitics are heating up to a boiling point? That remains to be seen.

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Under Modi and Putin the India–Russia relationship has deepened in energy, defence, and nuclear cooperation, while India’s rivalry with China has driven specific defence purchases from Russia and simultaneously pushed India to balance those ties by strengthening relations with the United States.


China issued a multi-department Notice to improve recycling of waste household appliances and furniture and aims to raise recycling by more than 15% by 2025 using a three-level network of community recycling points, street transit hubs, and district/county sorting centers.

The Notice promotes extended producer responsibility, green design, mobile "car-for-warehouse" collection, Internet-enabled second-hand platforms, and stronger standardization and enterprise cultivation.

National ministries and local governments are assigned roles to plan recycling outlets, support pilot cities, and cultivate leading recycling enterprises.

Hong Kong experts recommend expanding convenient recycling points, strengthening public education, and installing food-waste recycling machines in public housing to increase source sorting and participation.

Hong Kong experience shows economic incentives and charging schemes plus education can change behavior, as the plastic bag levy sharply reduced retail bag disposal.

An Egyptian government report states Egypt ranked 14th globally and first in the Arab world for recycling rates in 2023 and that informal collectors recycle a large share of Cairo's waste.

Taiwan's post-earthquake reconstruction experience emphasizes sorting and recycling construction and stone waste and directing recycled materials into public works under low-carbon guidance.

Reporting from Karaganda, Kazakhstan documents persistent unauthorized landfills, limited enforcement, and reliance on fines, monitoring and constrained cleanup budgets.

Common successful elements across these contexts are national standards and planning, municipal recycling networks, producer responsibility, mobile and digital collection models, economic incentives, public education, and public–private and informal-sector partnerships.

China issued a multi-department Notice to improve recycling of waste household appliances and furniture and aims to raise recycling by more than 15% by 2025 using a three-level network of community recycling points, street transit hubs, and district/county sorting centers.

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9 Department: By 2025, the amount of waste household appliances and furniture recycling in China will increase by more than 15% compared to 2023.
February 1, 2024 14: 20 | Source: People's Daily Online
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People 's Daily Beijing, February 1 (Reporter Sun Hongli) Ministry of Commerce and other nine departments recently jointly issued the "Notice on Improving the Recycling System of Waste Household Appliances and Furniture" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), proposed to build a number of waste household appliances and furniture recycling system typical cities nationwide by 2025, cultivate a number of leading enterprises, promote a number of typical experience models, form a number of policies and regulations. An increase of more than 15%, the standard recycling level of waste home appliance furniture has been significantly improved.
Among them, the "Notice" mentioned that the rational planning of recycling network.
Strengthen the public welfare attributes of recycling networks such as waste household appliances and furniture, and integrate the construction of recycling outlets into the relevant plans of various regions.
Scientific layout of community recycling point front-end delivery, street transit hub recycling, district and county sorting center end sorting of the whole chain three-level recycling system.
Combined with the size of the local urban and rural population, the distribution of residential communities and public institutions, the "integration of the two networks" of recycling outlets such as household waste sorting outlets and waste household appliances and furniture are further promoted.
Extended production corporate responsibility.
Guide home appliance manufacturers to implement the extended producer responsibility system, and extend the responsibility of resources and environment to the full life cycle of products.
Promote more enterprises to participate in the target responsibility system for home appliance recycling, and give priority to supporting the transformation and upgrading of enterprises that implement the target responsibility system for home appliance recycling.
Promote home appliance furniture manufacturers to strengthen green design and technology research and development, and use technical processes that are easy to recycle and environmentally friendly materials that are easy to recycle in the production process.
Promote "car for library" mobile recycling.
Support various regions according to local conditions, promote flexible recycling models such as "car for warehouse", guide recycling enterprises' mobile recycling vehicles to use "fixed point, timing" to enter the streets and communities to recycle waste home appliance furniture, unified service standards, and realize the collection and removal of waste home appliance furniture.
Regulate the second-hand circulation of old home appliance furniture.
Standardize the order of second-hand home appliance furniture circulation, give play to the professional advantages of second-hand circulation enterprises such as acquisition, appraisal and evaluation, and expand the scale of second-hand home appliance furniture transactions and leasing.
Encourage the development of "Internet +" second-hand methods, promote the network trading platform to establish and improve the trading rules of old household appliances and second-hand furniture with second-hand circulation value, use big data analysis and other means to track the flow, and promote the smooth flow of second-hand trading norms.
The following is the full text of the notice:
Notice of the Ministry of Commerce and other 9 departments on improving the recycling system of waste household appliances and furniture
People 's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities separately listed in the plan, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:
In order to implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, improve the recycling system of waste household appliances and furniture, further release the consumption potential of household appliances and furniture, unblock the recycling of renewable resources, and promote the formation of a green production lifestyle, with the consent of the State Council, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
I. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Guided by Xi Jinping ’ s new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Party ’ s 20th National Congress, complete, accurate and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept, build a new development pattern, promote high-quality development, adhere to government guidance, market leadership, adapt to local conditions, and apply classified policies.
By 2025, build a number of waste home appliance furniture and other recycling system typical cities across the country, cultivate a number of recycling leading enterprises, promote a number of typical experience models, form a number of policies and regulations standards, the national recycling of waste home appliance furniture increased by more than 15% in 2023, and the standard recycling level of waste home appliance furniture was significantly improved.
Second, improve the recycling network planning layout
(1) Reasonable planning of recycling network.
Strengthen the public welfare attributes of recycling networks such as waste household appliances and furniture, and integrate the construction of recycling outlets into the relevant plans of various regions.
Scientific layout of community recycling point front-end delivery, street transit hub recycling, district and county sorting center end sorting of the whole chain three-level recycling system.
The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the local people 's governments are responsible for the division of labor according to their responsibilities.
(2) Strengthen the construction of community recycling outlets.
Steadily promote the construction of a quarter of an hour convenient living circle, and set up temporary storage points for waste household appliances and furniture.
Regularly organize recycling enterprises and home appliance furniture sales enterprises to collect waste home appliance furniture, and provide convenience for recycling vehicles.
The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the local people's governments are responsible for the division of labor according to their duties.
(3) Open the recycling channels of public institutions.
Support recycling enterprises to establish stable cooperative relations with government agencies, enterprises and institutions, and jointly build a unified recycling platform for waste office equipment and office furniture.
Carry out the construction of administrative institutions "public goods warehouse", the unified recovery platform can continue to use office equipment, office furniture, through the "public goods warehouse" to replace, transfer and other ways of recycling; there is no repair or reuse value, to be unified environmental protection treatment.
Encourage areas with conditions to promote the "public goods warehouse" model to other business entities in society.
(Ministry of Commerce, State Administration Bureau, Ministry of Finance, General Agency for Supply and Marketing Cooperation and local people's governments according to their duties and responsibilities)
3. Cultivate diversified and large-scale recycling subjects
(4) Extending the responsibility of production enterprises.
Guide home appliance manufacturers to implement the extended producer responsibility system, and extend the responsibility of resources and environment to the full life cycle of products.
Promote more enterprises to participate in the target responsibility system for home appliance recycling, and give priority to supporting the transformation and upgrading of enterprises that implement the target responsibility system for home appliance recycling.
Promote home appliance furniture manufacturers to strengthen green design and technology research and development, and use technical processes that are easy to recycle and environmentally friendly materials that are easy to recycle in the production process.
(The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the local people's governments are divided according to their duties and responsibilities)
(5) Give play to the advantages of circulation enterprises' channels.
Encourage circulation enterprises such as supermarket stores and e-commerce platforms to strengthen cooperation with production enterprises, give play to the advantages of production and marketing links and commodity distribution channels, and promote the recycling of waste household appliances and furniture.
Accelerate the cultivation of home appliance after-sales service leading enterprises, support after-sales service enterprises to use their own maintenance network to carry out reverse logistics business, and actively participate in the recycling of waste home appliances.
(The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the General Administration of Market Supervision, the General Bureau of Supply and Marketing Cooperation and the local people's governments are responsible for division of labor according to their duties)
(6) Support recycling enterprises to become bigger and stronger.
Encourage recycling enterprises to improve the degree of organization in such ways as chain operation and agreement cooperation, promote the formation of a number of leading enterprises in the recycling industry, and strengthen the guidance of more decentralized front-end recycling entities.
Support the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the home appliance furniture industry chain, and actively promote the construction of supply chain innovation and application demonstration.
Guide recycling enterprises to link with home appliance furniture brand enterprises, set up waste home appliance storage and transportation yard, furniture recycling center warehouse, and improve the scale and intensive level of waste home appliance furniture recycling.
(Ministry of Commerce, National Development and Reform Commission, General Bureau of Supply and Marketing Cooperation and local people's governments are responsible for division of labor according to their duties)
IV. Explore innovative recycling models
(7) Development of "Internet +" recycling.
Support recycling enterprises to carry out "online booking, offline recycling" with the help of relevant information platforms and mobile applications, and use modern information technology to optimize the recycling, temporary storage, transportation, processing and other business processes of waste household appliances and furniture.
Encourage home appliance manufacturers and Internet platform enterprises to improve online valuation services for used and end-of-life home appliances. (Ministry of Commerce, National Development and Reform Commission and local people 's governments share responsibility according to their responsibilities)
(8) Encourage recycling enterprises to "extend the tentacles".
We will support recycling enterprises with good reputation, excellent service and large scale to sign cooperation agreements with districts and counties, extend recycling networks to residential areas, promote professional and standardized recycling services to streets and communities, and gradually realize the direct door-to-door recycling of waste household appliances and furniture by regular enterprises.
(9) Promote "car-for-garage" mobile recycling.
Support various regions according to local conditions, promote flexible recycling models such as "car for warehouse", guide recycling enterprises' mobile recycling vehicles to use "fixed point, timing" to enter the streets and communities to recycle waste home appliance furniture, unified service standards, and realize the collection and removal of waste home appliance furniture.
(The Ministry of Commerce and the local people's governments share responsibility according to their duties)
Fifth, do a good job of standardization and second-hand circulation
(10) Promote the standardization of waste home appliance furniture.
Supervise recycling enterprises to abide by the law and operate in compliance, strengthen information registration and account management in the import and export link, and sell waste household appliances to legally compliant dismantling enterprises.
Standardize the dismantling of waste household appliances and improve the recycling level of renewable resources such as steel, plastic and glass in waste household appliances.
Timely and harmless disposal of waste furniture, reduce the risk of environmental pollution.
(Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, General Bureau of Supply and Marketing Cooperation and the local people's governments shall divide their work according to their duties and responsibilities)
(11) Regulate the second-hand circulation of old home appliance furniture.
Standardize the order of second-hand home appliance furniture circulation, give play to the professional advantages of second-hand circulation enterprises such as acquisition, appraisal and evaluation, and expand the scale of second-hand home appliance furniture transactions and leasing.
Encourage the development of "Internet +" second-hand methods, promote the network trading platform to establish and improve the trading rules of old household appliances and second-hand furniture with second-hand circulation value, use big data analysis and other means to track the flow, and promote the smooth flow of second-hand trading norms.
(The Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the General Administration of Market Supervision and Local People's Governments are responsible for division of labor according to their duties)
VI. Reinforcement of Safeguards
(12) Sound regulatory standards.
Accelerate the promotion of local legislation in the field of recycling of waste household appliances and furniture, improve the relevant standard system, and improve the legal standardization level such as the construction of recycling outlets.
Establish and improve the key enterprise system for recycling renewable resources, and guide recycling enterprises to assume social responsibility.
In accordance with the relevant provisions, the necessary support for the recovery of waste household appliances and furniture and other renewable resources is given.
Encourage places with conditions to explore the establishment of a market-based mechanism for the clearance of large pieces of waste such as waste household appliances and furniture.
(The Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Market Supervision and the local people's governments are divided according to their duties and responsibilities)
(13) Strengthening factor security.
All regions strengthen support for the construction of renewable resources recycling systems such as waste household appliances and furniture, make overall use of relevant funds such as county commercial construction actions, and actively guide enterprises to focus on counties and townships, and transform and improve service outlets such as home appliance sales networks, warehousing and distribution centers, after-sales maintenance and home appliance recycling.
Encourage financial institutions at all levels to innovate green financial products and services, and support the construction of recycling systems for waste household appliances and furniture.
Implement the existing preferential tax policies.
Ensure the right to reasonable road for vehicles to recycle waste materials, and support and standardize the vehicle equipment, traffic areas, and time periods on the road.
(The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transport, the General Administration of Financial Supervision and the local people's governments are responsible for the division of labor
(14) Strict supervision of law enforcement.
All regions should strengthen the daily management of renewable resource recovery enterprises and resolutely guard against hidden risks of production safety and environmental pollution.
Regular joint law enforcement special actions are carried out to severely crack down on illegal dismantling of used household appliances, illegal transfer or dumping of hazardous wastes, and the relevant responsible persons are seriously investigated for legal responsibility.
Urge second-hand commodity trading platforms to fulfill their main responsibilities, improve credit evaluation and dispute handling mechanisms, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
(The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the General Administration of Market Supervision and Local People's Governments shall be responsible for the division of labor
(15) Carry out publicity and promotion.
During the National Energy Conservation Publicity Week and National Ecological Day, we will strengthen the promotion of green safety concepts and the popularization of energy conservation and emission reduction knowledge.
The use of radio and television, newspapers, networks and other media to promote the typical experience of recycling waste home appliance furniture, advocate the standardized release of waste furniture and other large pieces of garbage, to create a simple and moderate, green and low-carbon good atmosphere.
(Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and local people's governments shall share responsibility according to their duties
VII. Work requirements
(16) Strengthen organizational leadership.
All localities and relevant departments should fully understand the importance of improving the recycling system of waste household appliances and furniture, and improve the cooperative mechanism of commerce, development and reform, industry and information technology, finance, ecological environment, housing and urban and rural construction, market supervision, government affairs, supply and marketing cooperatives, and establish a scientific work system, policy system, index system and evaluation system.
(17) Carry out typical construction.
The Ministry of Commerce together with relevant departments in accordance with the requirements of this notice to formulate and issue work guidelines for the recycling system of waste household appliances and furniture, and strengthen the organization and guidance of related work.
All regions should integrate with local realities, guide the promotion of improving recycling networks, cultivating recycling entities, innovating recycling models, standardizing second-hand circulation, etc., recommend prefecture-level cities and enterprises that have a good foundation and meet relevant conditions, focusing on the recycling of waste household appliances and furniture, and explore the recycling system of renewable resources.
The Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to promote relevant work in a solid manner and promote replication of experience in a timely manner.
On this basis, do a good job of recycling other categories of renewable resources.
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National ministries and local governments are assigned roles to plan recycling outlets, support pilot cities, and cultivate leading recycling enterprises.

Hong Kong experts recommend expanding convenient recycling points, strengthening public education, and installing food-waste recycling machines in public housing to increase source sorting and participation.

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Beijing, April 23 / According to the Ta Kung Pao report, to do a good job of source waste reduction, sorting and recycling need to have relevant supporting support.
Wong Chun-yin, Deputy Director of Project Planning of the World Green Organisation, said that to effectively implement the waste levy, there needs to be sufficient recycling packages for the public and a public awareness that is willing to participate in recycling to reduce the amount of waste.
He believes that the government should continue to expand and improve the coverage of recycling facilities before and after the implementation of waste collection charges, so that “the public will fall down and be recyclable ” is the most ideal, and set up kitchen waste recycling machines in more public housing estates to improve the recycling rate and achieve effective waste reduction.
Wong Chun-yin said that the public generally agree with waste recycling, but the pace of life is fast and the work pressure is high, it is difficult to recycle regularly in daily life, and even to develop the habit of actively recycling.
He believes that in addition to continuously expanding the convenient recycling points and providing rewards for recycling points, the Government must strengthen public education, such as publicizing recycling knowledge and related measures through Internet influencers: “Let the public participate in garbage sorting step by step, and develop the habit of recycling and waste reduction at source, so as to achieve the goal of effectively reducing the amount of municipal solid waste disposal. ”
In the meantime, many residents in the vicinity of Po Lam Station are willing to take the sorted garbage to the recycling station. However, there is no recycling station in Hong Kong City, which is very different from the environmental protection effect. In the medium and long term, as in the case of Po Lam Station, "Green in Po Lam" should be set up in Hong Kong City, so that a fixed recycling station can attract more residents to do a good job of sorting garbage and recycling.
Mr Cheung suggested that the Government should launch the "Food Waste Recycling Machine Scheme" at Sunrise, so that all housing estates will have food waste recycling machines so that residents can recycle their food waste properly. "
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Hong Kong experience shows economic incentives and charging schemes plus education can change behavior, as the plastic bag levy sharply reduced retail bag disposal.

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Open the garbage: Huang Yaojin: Reduce waste first, recycle second
[Ming Pao News] When the original garbage charge was implemented this summer, with the cancellation of the plan, the public no longer complained, and even political parties' "welcome to suspend" banners on the roadside, the social waste reduction trend seems to have receded. The problems of air pollution and water quality have long since improved, but the landfill crisis predicted in 1989 is still in sight.
Introduction: The garbage charging plan has been discussed for 20 years, and the waste reduction locomotive was originally scheduled to start in August this year. At the end of May, the government announced another suspension of the implementation of the plan, but Hong Kong people can still think more about it, see the cost of garbage packaging, reduce waste from the source, and recycle more.
This column invites all sectors of society to open up the relative garbage and imagine that in the near future, people and garbage will experience a different relationship.
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"Garbage charging, people misunderstand (increasing the revenue of the treasury) is the purpose", the former deputy director of the Environmental Protection Department, Huang Yaojin, corrected when interviewed, "In fact, charging is a kind of education".
From the discussion before the suspension, it can be seen that more waste reduction publicity may not be as good as the introduction of a waste charging policy. Mr Wong joined the Environmental Protection Department in 1987 and retired in 2012, taking part in the formulation of various environmental policy outlines.
He revealed that as early as the late 1990s, EPD had begun to consider introducing household waste charges.
"At the policy level, no one has any objection, whether it is the EPD or the Policy Bureaux directly under it, the Treasury, etc., everyone agrees."
To this day, there are still opposition voices in the community questioning why there is no other way to reduce waste from the public. Mr Wong explained that the Government hopes to observe the waste reduction measures applied in various places through a multi-pronged approach.
"When the world considers waste reduction, there must be a charging element in it." Taipei and Seoul are cities that implemented garbage charging according to volume in the late 1990s.
Globally, there are not many places that have successfully implemented garbage based charging. Other methods of levy are the fixed garbage charge in Singapore (regardless of the amount of garbage, the monthly levy per household is 10.20 slope, about HK $59), and the amount of water consumption per household in most parts of Taiwan.
In the end, the Hong Kong government chose to charge according to the amount, and Huang Yaojin bluntly said that the waste reduction effect is the best, so that the public can feel the link between payment and waste reduction. When the garbage charging plan is brewing, the Hong Kong government is not short of money, "no need to collect money in order to collect money, if we want to achieve waste reduction, we must charge according to the amount."
However, as everyone knows, the implementation of volume charges is very difficult, so garbage charges have been ranked at the end of a number of waste reduction strategies, "this is unfortunate".
Whether in the Legislative Council or public opinion, garbage collection has experienced many twists and turns, and even if the law is passed in 2021, the implementation date is still endless.
Economic takeoff zone pollution 1989 fixed waste policy
Waste charging was first introduced in the 2005 Policy Commitments on the Management of Municipal Solid Waste (2005-2014).
If we push the timeline a bit further, Hong Kong ’ s waste management policy dates back to the 1989 White Paper.
No Time to Fight Pollution (White Paper).
In Hong Kong, few people believe that waste reduction and recycling can make the streets clean (Note 2). However, Hong Kong ’ s early environmental policy did stem from the fight against pollution, as evidenced by the naming of the White Paper.
“It ’ s the same everywhere in the world. Environmental protection must be less and less, and economic development must be more advanced. ” Wong recalled that Hong Kong ’ s pollution problem in the 1970s was serious, especially air and water pollution.
On the other hand, the booming textile industry has led to poor water quality in the river near the dye factory. "Tsuen Wan Chinese dye factory was dyed blue that day, and the pit outside is blue."
Against this background, the Executive Bureau commissioned the Environmental Protection Department (EPD), which has only been established for two or three years, to prepare a White Paper to advise the Government on measures to tackle waste, water quality, air and noise pollution.
On waste disposal, the White Paper clearly states that in the 15 years prior to 1989, the increase in waste was roughly the same as the increase in GDP. "If we do not deal with this problem effectively, the air, water and land in Hong Kong will be more polluted".
At that time, the EPD expected that small landfills and urban incinerators would not be able to cope with future needs, and that the design of the small landfills and urban incinerators would not meet the planning criteria, resulting in sewage, odor and exhaust problems.
The waste management policy laid down back then has a profound impact on where waste is going today: replacing scattered old landfills in various districts with three large modern landfills and eight waste transfer stations (seven still in operation), and closing down old urban incinerators that cause air pollution and cause havoc.
The Waste Disposal Scheme, published in the same year, recommended that new incinerators to be built in the future should be equipped with advanced pollution control equipment and be located in remote areas.
Promotion of waste has a price
Today, landfills no longer produce serious pollution, but if waste is not reduced, there will still be consequences when the landfills burst. Although the Government mentioned in 1989 that waste production should be limited, it has not changed its waste disposal strategy, which is mainly landfill.
Mr Wong noted that the White Paper had three main directions: to tackle the sources of pollution, to repair the polluted environment and to avoid future pollution problems.
At that time, the government focused more on the first two tasks, "at least to solve the problem of waste disposal first, the next step will be to reduce waste."
Today's familiar waste reduction package will take shape only when the Waste Reduction Framework Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Framework Plan") was promulgated in November 1998.
The Outline Plan sets out the work plan for waste reduction, including the placement of waste separation and recovery bins in public housing estates and public places, the construction of a recycling park (renamed Green Park in 2005), and the reduction of waste volume by incineration technology.
The main objectives of the programme include exploring tax or financial incentives to reduce waste and demonstrating to the Administration, the business sector and the public the true costs of waste management, with a view to reviewing the current approach to meeting these costs.
This shows that the authorities consider that letting the public know that their waste is valuable is an important part of promoting waste reduction.
With the government stepping up waste reduction publicity, the per capita household waste volume fell after the millennium, but has risen slightly or remained flat in recent years.
Is public education adequate? Mr Wong pointed out that environment-related education has been incorporated into kindergarten and university curricula, and environmental groups and industrial and commercial organizations have continued to promote waste reduction efforts.
Like the smoking ban, he believes that the promotion of waste reduction cannot be slackened. "It is difficult to say that enough is not enough, but it must continue."
In the past few months, the discussion of garbage charges has often focused on loopholes in the implementation details.
However, Mr Wong pointed out that the purpose of waste charging is simply to reduce waste education, but people do not know.
If waste is to be charged, people will naturally pay more attention to waste reduction and recycling.
Reporters think of writing the New Year garbage topic (Note 3), an interviewee originally did not understand the original meaning of garbage charges, "each one felt that they have to collect money"; after the reporter explained, she understood that recycling can save money.
If the waste charge is implemented as scheduled, perhaps she will join the recycling ranks.
Recycling to find a way out. "Otherwise, it will do half the work."
Wong also mentioned that another purpose of garbage charging is to increase the value of waste. "If I have to charge for throwing it into the garbage can, I will throw it into the recycling bin, then from the perspective of the recycling industry, this waste paper is even more valuable."
The recycling industry in Hong Kong is not easy to operate, and waste charging can help increase the value of recyclables and reduce collection costs.
The development of the recycling industry relies on public-private cooperation. On the one hand, the government lacks the professional knowledge to operate, and on the other hand, private recycling companies need support such as land resources.
Before the government promoted recycling in the mid-1990s, private enterprises spontaneously collected profitable recyclables, such as several large paper mills that exported waste paper to the Mainland.
Mr Wong noted that the Government had always played a supporting role by providing subsidies to the recycling industry when the export environment was not ideal, and by arranging land for factories with low rents.
Looking at records, Hong Kong ’ s exports of recyclables amounted to HK $8.6 billion in 2010, but they have continued to decline in recent years. With global awareness of environmental protection and tighter controls on imported waste, Mr Wong estimates that it will be increasingly difficult for the local recycling industry to find an outlet.
"In the past, Hong Kong has tried to receive foreign garbage, and it is shipped to the mainland through Hong Kong, and we are very dissatisfied."
Hong Kong has existing waste import and export control, and the mainland also has it, which is absolutely not surprising for other countries.
In the face of difficulties, he suggested that the recycling industry consider restructuring, not only to simply dispose of the recyclables and export them, "should try to (develop) Hong Kong's one-stop manufacturing products, so that the local can buy and use, so that it is a relatively healthy development."
Taking construction waste as an example, broken concrete and bricks can be reused into reclamation materials.
However, as the quality of the waste is less than that of traditional reclamation materials, Mr Wong said construction waste was once unpopular with public works departments and had to be temporarily stored in temporary public filling depots.
In 2009, the Government mentioned that because the reclamation project was almost completely shelved in that year, the public fill generated exceeded the demand.
It can be seen that the recycling industry chain can not only focus on driving up the upstream collection, but also from the bottom up to ensure the way out of the recyclables.
"If you can't find the use, the so-called recycling, classification, is actually a double effort, a waste of some strength."
After levy, plastic bags will be reduced.
Undeniably, the economic incentive can be the incentive to reduce waste.
With the same levy scheme as garbage charges, the plastic bag levy was implemented in phases in 2009, and the waste reduction results were very significant. The amount of plastic bag disposal in retail was reduced from about 660 million to 150 million in just one year. Huang Yaojin admitted that he was surprised by the success of the scheme. ".
Small economic incentives have led to the change of customs. In recent years, the “Green Rewards ” scheme has also become a driving force for some citizens to recycle gifts in exchange for recycling.
When it comes to waste reduction policies, people often focus on recycling packages, but Wong says, “I don ’ t encourage recycling. ”
It ’ s not that I don ’ t support recycling, but as we suggested in our Outline Plan in 1998, the first thing to do should be to avoid waste generation.
He drew an inverted pyramid on paper, just like the inverted triangle of waste reduction mentioned by Emeritus Professor Wong Woon-chung of the Department of Biology at the University of Hong Kong (Note 4), the top level of priority is waste avoidance (waste reduction at source), the second level is reuse, the third level is recycling, and incineration and landfill are the final considerations.
Disposable glue control came into effect on 22 April this year. At that time, some people questioned whether "turning plastic forks into paper forks is environmentally friendly?" It is true that recycling is not as good as reducing waste at the source. Although waste charges are temporarily suspended, the Government plans to submit the Producer Responsibility Scheme Bill for Plastic Bottles and Paper Beverage by the end of this year, which is a policy to reduce waste at the source.
Huang Yiu-chin mentioned that he and his wife go out to eat, and every time he “cleans the dishes ”, but many people think that leftovers are okay, and recycling can be done.“ I think it is irresponsible, in fact, there is no need to order so much food. ”
He watched TV documenting the family of four recycling kitchen waste, and the dinner was a four-course soup with chicken and fish.
“Four people eat so much? They put all the kitchen waste into the collection point and then they are referred to as eco-friendly families.
I'm sorry, but I don't agree.
In addition to promoting recycling, Wong believes that public education should put more emphasis on avoiding waste.
Hong Kong ’ s air pollution and water quality have improved significantly over the past few decades, but the waste reduction process is still lagging behind.
Huang Yaojin pointed out that the former can be solved by relying solely on the strength of the government, but waste reduction is not the same.
“It ’ s a matter of changing people ’ s habits … Sometimes it ’ s the hardest thing to change customs. ” Hong Kong is 20 or 30 years behind Seoul and Taipei in introducing garbage charges, and the gap continues to widen.
Looking back at the scene (Note 2) when people in Seoul automatically divide plastic bottles into other bags, they usually make the reporter wonder, but also have a feeling of “leaving the city in the countryside ”.
When one day the public will see waste reduction and recycling as a daily occurrence, rather than a “green L ” patent, perhaps it is proof that Hong Kong has changed its customs.
Note 1: June 30, 2024 (Open Garbage: Christine LOH: Change Levy to a Long-Term Plan "All sectors are ready, waiting for the government to click the bell")
Note 2: May 12, 2024 (Seoul people believe that garbage separation and recycling is neat)
Note 3: February 18, 2024 (Open garbage: Spring Festival garbage special ideas transition green new year)
Note 4: June 9, 2024 (Opening Garbage: A “Furnace ” Forever?)
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An Egyptian government report states Egypt ranked 14th globally and first in the Arab world for recycling rates in 2023 and that informal collectors recycle a large share of Cairo's waste.

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Egypt ranks 14th in the world and first in the Arab world in terms of recycling rates in 2023
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The Information and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers issued a new report entitled "Recycling...
The report highlighted the definition of the recycling process, its key stages, and its economic feasibility, as well as the facts and figures related to the recycling process at the level of Egypt and the world, and the opportunities available to promote recycling within the framework of achieving sustainable development, and the challenges facing it.
The report pointed out that recycling is the process of reprocessing waste, turning it into new products or materials, whether for original or other purposes, and thus the process of collecting and processing materials that were supposed to be disposed of as garbage, and turning them into new products, benefiting society, the economy and the environment. Waste is collected, processed or reprocessed into new products, and the purchase of those products that can be recycled again. Reused materials in the recycling process act as substitutes for raw materials obtained from relatively scarce natural resources such as petroleum, natural gas, coal, minerals, and trees.
In addition, there are two types of recycling: internal recycling, in which the techniques generated by a particular industry are reused and recycled to be used as a new input in the same industry, which is common in the metal industry, for example, the manufacture of copper pipes produces a certain amount of waste that is smelted and reconstituted, and external recycling where materials are reprocessed from a corrosive or obsolete product such as recycling old newspapers into new paper products.
The report stated that the importance of recycling is not only limited to achieving environmental sustainability, but also stands out in achieving economic sustainability as well, and the recycling process has a number of economic benefits, which are:
- Reduce the cost of waste disposal and support the economy and the environment: Recycling contributes to reduce the volume of waste and then save the necessary funds for landfill or incineration and allocate these funds to other projects, and the recycling of food waste and green waste reduces pollution from burning waste, as well as many fertilizers that enhance food security.
It is estimated that burning 10,000 tons of waste provides one job, burying the same amount leads to six jobs, while recycling the same amount creates 36 jobs, and it is also estimated that increasing current recycling rates by 75% will create approximately 3.2 million jobs by 2030.
- Encouraging small enterprises, where recycling creates unlimited opportunities for small industries and enterprises that rely on solid waste sorting outputs from plastic, glass, paper, cloth and other recyclable materials.
- Saving energy and reducing the total costs of production. For example, recycling aluminum cans saves about 95% of the energy needed to produce new aluminum from raw materials, and recycling glass saves about 50% of the energy needed to manufacture glass from raw materials. The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle is enough to light a light bulb. With a capacity of one watt for four hours, which reduces air pollution by 20% and water pollution by 50%, the paper recycling process saves about 60% of the energy needed to make it from raw materials, and the recycling of one ton of paper saves the equivalent of 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water.
Food waste is the largest category of waste, accounting for about 40% of food produced, food waste contributes to about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and dry recyclable materials (plastic, paper, cardboard, metals and glass) account for 38% of total global waste. The report added that plastic bottles need more than 450 years to decompose, and the rate of recycling of bottles in the world in 2020 is about 27.2%, and only 19% of the waste globally is recycled and composted. Asia accounts for more than 50% of global production of recycled aluminum.
Regarding the facts and figures of recycling in Egypt, the report pointed out that Egypt ranked first in the Arab world with 26.6 degrees and 42 globally out of 180 countries in the environmental performance index in terms of recycling for 2022, where it witnessed an improvement over the previous 10 years by 3.8 degrees, and Egypt ranked 14th globally and first in the Arab world in terms of recycling rates for 2023.
More than half of Cairo ’ s waste is collected by the informal sector, which consists of 50,000 waste processors, 150,000 waste collectors, sorters, traders and truck drivers, and about 80% of Cairo ’ s waste is recycled, including 290,000 tons of plastic annually.
The report pointed out that there are opportunities and challenges to achieve sustainable development in this area, where opportunities to enhance recycling operations indicate that recycling contributes significantly to the achievement of sustainable development goals, especially with regard to climate action and environmental conservation, and ensures the conservation of natural resources, through the recovery of existing components and products instead of turning them into waste. Ecosystems: Recycling non-renewable materials reduces environmental pollution, protects natural ecosystems, and provides opportunities to convert entire landfills into green gardens, promoting green transformation, as well as protecting the oceans from pollution, as the oceans are important for producing oxygen (about half of the oxygen we breathe), absorbing heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as well as the dangers posed by heat accumulation in the oceans. Recycling helps reduce the incineration of waste that emits large amounts of gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen. Recycling contributes to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases that cause climate change, as well as improving the quality of life, with many people around the world lacking access to controlled waste collection services or waste disposal facilities. New solid waste management practices through recycling or safe disposal become an essential component of sustainable city management and improved quality of life.
Despite the opportunities of recycling to achieve sustainable development and preserve the environment and natural resources, the expansion of these processes faces many challenges, including the lack of awareness and culture about recycling, where many people lack the necessary culture and information to recycle, despite knowing the positive returns and importance of the environment, as well as ensuring the occupational safety of workers. Some companies or individuals believe that buying recycled products is the same as buying used products but at a full price and sometimes the price of recycled materials is higher than new materials, as well as the need for modern infrastructure and technologies. which needs to be recycled.
The Information and Decision Support Center stressed in its report that Egypt has promising opportunities in the field of recycling, especially in light of the support of the political leadership, legislation and strategies for environmental action, increasing awareness and participation by the private sector and civil society, providing incentives and funding for environmental projects, as well as the establishment of many waste recycling plants.
In addition, Egypt has promising opportunities to inject more investments in the recycling and waste treatment sector, where the total waste produced by Egypt annually is about 90 million tons, and the total volume of recyclable materials is 24.3%, which provides investment opportunities in the field of waste recycling, ensuring economic benefit as well as commitment to environmental responsibility.

Taiwan's post-earthquake reconstruction experience emphasizes sorting and recycling construction and stone waste and directing recycled materials into public works under low-carbon guidance.

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Content: Free Plaza 》 Post-earthquake reconstruction works should take into account the low-carbon cycle
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President Lai Ching-te is about to take office, and in addition to the prime minister and vice-minister, he has also announced the heads of various ministries.
In the aftermath of the 2003 Hualien earthquake, many buildings collapsed and a large amount of earth and rock fell in the mountains. Post-disaster reconstruction projects will be the top priority of the government after taking office, and the Minister of the Interior, who is in charge of construction, land planning, conservation and disaster prevention, will be appointed by Liu Shi-fang, who has been a member of the Legislative Yuan for many years.
Because Liu Shifang is an environmental professional, he has served as the director of the Taipei City Environmental Protection Bureau, the deputy mayor of Taichung County and the deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City.
Most coincidentally, more than 20 years ago, when the September 21 earthquake hit the central region, she happened to be the deputy county governor of Taichung County, and was in charge of the post-disaster recovery work, and the author also took part in the relevant work.
Therefore, the future Minister Liu will have a wealth of experience, which will enable the reconstruction after the 2003 earthquake to be more complete.
In particular, in response to the net-zero emission policy of 2015, the post-disaster reconstruction project must adopt a low-carbon and sustainable approach.
The 921 earthquake caused the collapse of a large number of buildings, resulting in a large amount of construction waste and waste. At that time, in order to promote rapid and unclassified, more than 100 dumps in Nantou and Taichung Districts were hurriedly dumped, but later caused a major impact on the environment.
Therefore, it took several years to slowly clean up these construction waste and restore the original appearance of the environment.
At that time, it was hoped that useful resources could be recovered and reused as far as possible.
However, because the huge cost must be spent in the classification, and the construction resource reuse industry is just beginning, public works are not very much about the use of renewable resources, the market digestion is limited, so the vast majority of construction waste is backfilled in the potholes, and on-site rehabilitation, the effectiveness of the resource cycle is limited.
Shortly after the 921 earthquake, the Ministry of the Interior began to actively promote green buildings and launched the EEWH nine evaluation indicators, including waste reduction and carbon dioxide reduction.
Therefore, there are more perfect coordination measures, which can be done better than more than 20 years ago.
The stone industry is the most important industry in Hualien. The ore that fell in the mountains after the earthquake and the construction waste generated by the demolition of buildings are actually the best source of raw materials for the production of recycled building materials.
However, the Hualien area used to be dominated by raw stone, and the scale of the recycling system was not large, and it was impossible to deal with such a huge amount of waste stone and construction waste in the short term.
So two things need to be done immediately.
The first is the introduction of large-scale crushing sorting equipment, broken waste stone into recycled pellets, grade ingredients; the second is to accelerate the removal of recycled pellets, of which the use of public works is the most important.
Public works units and various industries in which these pellets can be used, including cement products and concrete industries, should be coordinated as alternative raw materials, and the use of natural sand and gravel should be reduced.
The nature of various types of waste is different, if mixed treatment will reduce the economic benefits, so the sorting and recycling system is also important.
The Public Works Commission of the Executive Yuan issued the "Considerations for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in Public Works" the year before last, requiring that public works should use low-carbon, low-energy and recycled materials, and implementing the project tender specifications, requiring design units to estimate carbon emissions.
Therefore, the Hope Project will work with the Ministry of the Interior to actively promote the recycling of construction resources, in addition to allowing the waste generated after the disaster to be properly handled, and to reduce the extraction of natural resources.
This is an important task in post-disaster reconstruction with a low carbon cycle and a sustainable land.
(The author is executive director of the Taiwan Resource Recycling Association and convener of the Alliance for the Promotion of Recycling Green Building Materials Industry)
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Reporting from Karaganda, Kazakhstan documents persistent unauthorized landfills, limited enforcement, and reliance on fines, monitoring and constrained cleanup budgets.

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With the arrival of spring, Karaganda began to drown in garbage.
In social networks, there are increasingly publications of residents with complaints about spontaneous landfills.
If in the center of the townspeople complain about the lack of garbage containers, then those living on the outskirts are tired of helplessly watching the growth of mountains of unauthorized MSW near their homes.
Local authorities take measures, but how effective they are, this question is open.
The garbage problem was dealt with by the correspondent of BaigeNews.kz
This year, 382 million tenge was allocated for cleaning the territory of the city of Karaganda.
That ’ s $227 million in the area.
Kazybak bi and 155 million to the district of A. Bokeikhan.
"As part of the content of intra-quarter driveways, arrivals, contractors are working to clean up large-sized garbage around container sites in the Bokeikhan district of Karaganda.
For the current year, 155 million tenge was allocated.
Garbage is removed to landfills belonging to Gorkomtrans LLP and Recycling LLP.
About 50 thousand m3 of garbage is exported annually, ” the Governor ’ s Office of the district named after A. Bokeikhan reported.
And the district named Kazybek bi due to its vastness was divided into two sectors.
“Cleaning of the territory of the Kazybek bi district is carried out within the framework of the content of intra-quarter driveways of the district, for which funds in the amount of 227 million tenge for 2024 have been allocated.
At the moment, as part of the content of intra-quarter driveways of the district, work is being carried out on cleaning the city territory, collecting and removing large-sized garbage.
The area is divided into 2 sectors.
The removal of collected garbage is carried out to the landfill of Gorkomtrans LLP, "the akimat of the district explained.
Kazybek bi.
If the akimats, the problems with garbage on the central streets and residential areas are solved at the expense of public services, then the authorities no longer reach the deposits of rubbish on the outskirts of the city.
The problem is that many large enterprises and business owners because of which garbage accumulates, ignore the requirements of sanitary standards.
As a result, construction and other debris forms entire fields of landfills.
One of these is located near TPP-1.
Residents of nearby houses are outraged by the fact that a place for mass export of waste is formed near them.
“With a strong wind in the direction of our houses flies garbage from the side of the CHP.
We are saved by the forest.
Most of the rubbish gets stuck in the trees.
But we are outraged because, firstly, it spoils the view and destroys nature, and secondly, our children often play there.
What example do we set for them?
Here we are cleaning our yard.
They see it, and just go out the fence, there's a lot of garbage.
We would have removed it ourselves.
But my age does not allow me to lift weights.
And people, when they see that a pile of waste is collected, immediately they arrange a huge dump there.
If we don't clean this up in time, we'll be drowning in the trash.
And imagine if all this starts to emit unpleasant odors?
We are going to die here! ”, - the resident Tatyana Osipova is indignant.
This complaint of the residents reached the environmentalists.
But the only thing they can do is send a letter to the police and akimat.
"On the issue of unauthorized landfill in the area of CHPP-1, the Department of Ecology sent letters to the office of the akim of the district.
A letter was also sent to the Police Department to identify and prosecute violators.
According to the Code of Administrative Offences, article 344 is provided for.
In addition, the department began work on identifying new unauthorized landfills with raid measures.
Thus, in the city of Balkhash, an individual has already been brought to administrative responsibility for the removal of waste to unauthorized places.
In 2023, the department carried out work to identify violations.
Over the past year, 150 visits were organized, ” said Almas Bekzhanov, chief specialist of the Department of Ecology in the Karaganda region.
According to social activist and environmental activist Dmitry Kalmykov, all these sanctions and checks are ineffective, and often a simple report on paper.
“There is no practical effective enforcement of administrative punishment for illegal storage of garbage.
Fines are threatened to increase, but the trouble is that they are not used.
The experience of the Karaganda EcoMuseum shows that despite our appeals to state bodies, those guilty of organizing unauthorized dumps were not brought to justice.
Their landfills have not been removed.
The Internet is full of reports about how many thousands of unauthorized landfills have been detected by space monitoring and how many percent of them on many thousands of hectares have been disposed of, but no one has been able to answer our simple question: "where does the waste from these unauthorized landfills go every year?"
By law, they must be registered as ownerless waste by a court decision, documented in the Ministry of Ecology as waste with the compilation of a waste passport and then recycled or buried by a licensed organization.
All our questions and hung in the air, where every year tens of thousands of tons of waste from unauthorized dumps, no one knows... ", - says the Director of development of EcoMuseum, public activist Dmitry Kalmykov.
CHPP-1, where residents of Karaganda found mountains of landfills, is territorially related to the district.
Alikhan Bokeihan.
According to the deputy akim of the district, this dump was formed not today and not yesterday.
The waste has been there for years.
"As for unauthorized landfills, the apparatus of the akimat them.
Alikhana Bokeikhan carries out annual work on the liquidation of landfills.
Last year, the district eliminated 36,000 cubic meters of waste.
This year, this work will continue.
As for the dump in the area of CHPP-1, this dump was formed within a few years.
To date, joint work is underway with the police department on the violation of Article 505 of the Administrative Code on the further prevention of the proliferation of these landfills.
Liquidation of these dumps will be considered on the allocation of budget funds, ” said the deputy akim of the district.
Alikhan Bokeikhan Bereket Zhainazarov.
In the meantime, the budget of the district is enough only for cleaning the residential area.
Only for the first Saturday, more than 1 thousand bags of garbage were removed from the area.
The environmental event will continue until the end of the month.
The city is calling on all residents to participate in the Sabbath.
According to environmental activists, these sanitary measures should be carried out more often, and the police should work daily to identify violators.
“No magic ways to combat unauthorized landfills should not be invented, as in all other successful countries, the police should fine all violators and do it not once a year, but every day.
This will stop violators and prevent the annual useless waste of money to clean up ever-new landfills.
In the experience of other countries, it would be very useful to financially reward citizens who report facts and places of illegal dumping of garbage.
Now the state has the technical capabilities to quickly track all unauthorized landfills literally online.
Cities full of video surveillance systems, where you can clearly see where the trucks with the waste are going and then return empty.
If there are not enough cameras, then it will not be difficult to install a couple of dozen more, because the places of illegal storage of garbage are well known to everyone, ” says Dmitry Kalmykov.
It would also be much better if compatriots cultivate the habit of sorting waste.
After all, the vast majority of garbage can be recycled, thereby saving the environment from pollution.
Now in all cities there are points of reception of recyclables.
They accept used batteries, lamps, car parts and so on.
But the problem is that residents are poorly informed about where they are.
Photo, video by Aizhan Nygmetzhan.
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Common successful elements across these contexts are national standards and planning, municipal recycling networks, producer responsibility, mobile and digital collection models, economic incentives, public education, and public–private and informal-sector partnerships.