Since 24 types of solid waste were added into import ban list on 10 August 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Commerce and other two Ministries of China jointly issued the announcement of Amendment on Administrative Catalogue of Waste Importation on 13 April 2018. This amendment mainly includes the following changes:
(a) 16 types of solid waste, including scrap metal, scrap ship, compressed piece of scrap automobile, smelt slag and industrial waste plastic etc. are added into import ban list, effective from 31 December 2018.
See attached file: China – Implementation of Stricter Regulation on Solid Waste Importation from 2018.pdf
中国 – 自2018年起实施更严格的固体废物进口规定
自2017年8月10日起24种固体废物列入《禁止进口固体废物目录》。2018年4月13日，环境保护部、商务部及其两个政府部门共同发布关于调整《固体废物进口管理目录》公告。主要包括以下两点调整：
(a) 将废五金类、废船、废汽车压件、冶炼渣、工业来源废塑料等16个品种固体废物，从《限制进口类可用作原料的固体废物目录》调入《禁止进口固体废物目录》，自2018年12月31日起执行。
详细信息请参阅附件。
