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China has introduced its first national-level action plan to manage solid waste, aiming to address the increasing environmental challenges posed by the country’s expanding waste volumes. The strategy sets a goal to greatly increase the utilization of solid waste over the next five years.
By 2030, the country plans for the comprehensive utilization of major solid waste to reach 4.5 billion tons annually, with 510 million tons of key renewable resources recycled each year. The strategy also emphasizes effective management of historical waste stockpiles and a crackdown on illegal dumping.
Currently, China has accumulated approximately 33 billion tons of industrial solid waste, covering an area around 3,500 square kilometers. Li Gao, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, noted that the nation generates over four billion tons of new industrial solid waste annually, which presents an escalating environmental risk.
The country’s mining, smelting, and power generation sectors produce large amounts of industrial waste such as coal gangue, fly ash, gypsum by-products, red mud, and tailings. In recent years, growth in traditional infrastructure projects that utilized waste materials has slowed, leading to increased stockpiles, Li explained.
To combat this, the new plan emphasizes developing innovative methods for large-scale disposal of industrial waste. It also aims to systematically clean up existing waste sites, with efforts to reduce both new and accumulated waste as swiftly as possible.
Over the past five years, China has made significant progress in recycling industrial waste by advancing technologies, improving equipment, and encouraging cooperation across industry sectors. As a result, the overall utilization rate of key industrial waste materials has reached 57 percent.
Looking forward, the strategy will focus on critical waste types such as slag, phosphogypsum, and red mud,推动推广先进的处理技术与工业化。同时，政府将引导企业加强对钢铁、铜、铝废料，以及废纸、塑料和轮胎等资源的回收利用，以促进可再生资源的循环利用。
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