Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other six departments： further strengthen the construction and management of rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system.

According to the website of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on the 26th, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other six departments issued a notice on further strengthening the construction and management of rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system.

In order to thoroughly implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the implementation of rural construction actions, and implement the Five-year Action Plan for the Improvement and Promotion of Rural Human Settlements (2021— 2025) "clear objectives and tasks, co-ordinate the construction and services of three-level domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal facilities in counties and villages, further expand the coverage of rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system, improve the level of harmless treatment, and improve the long-term management and protection mechanism. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.

First, clear rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system construction and management objectives.

By 2025, the level of harmless treatment of rural domestic waste will be significantly improved, and villages with conditions will realize the classification and source reduction of domestic waste; In the eastern region, the suburbs of central and western cities and other basic and conditional areas, rural domestic garbage is basically treated harmlessly, and a long-term management and protection mechanism is fully established; In areas with good foundation and basic conditions in the central and western regions, the rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system has basically achieved full coverage, and the long-term management and protection mechanism has basically been established; Located in remote and economically underdeveloped areas, the level of rural domestic waste management has been improved. Provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) housing and urban and rural construction departments before the end of June 2022 to study and formulate the local rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system construction management quantitative work objectives.

Two, overall planning of rural domestic waste collection and disposal system construction and operation management.

Taking counties (cities, districts and banners) as a unit, according to the distribution of towns and villages, government financial resources, population size, traffic conditions, transportation distance and other factors, the construction mode of rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system is scientifically and reasonably determined. Villages within the coverage of domestic waste treatment facilities in cities or counties adopt the mode of unified collection, transportation and centralized treatment of domestic waste; In villages with inconvenient transportation or long transportation distance, small, decentralized and harmless treatment facilities should be built according to local conditions to promote the local treatment of domestic garbage. In the planning of urban and rural domestic waste treatment facilities in the county, the layout of rural domestic waste classification, collection, transportation, treatment or resource utilization facilities should be defined, the type, quantity and scale of facilities should be reasonably determined, and the construction and operation management of urban and rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system, renewable resource recycling system and harmful waste collection, transportation and disposal system should be coordinated.

Third, promote the source classification and resource utilization of rural domestic waste

Make full use of the vast resource recycling and natural utilization space in rural areas, and do a good job in source classification and resource utilization of rural domestic waste. Pilot projects should be carried out first in places with good economic foundation and high acceptance by the masses, and villages in areas where "waste-free cities" are built should take the lead in realizing waste sorting and source reduction. According to rural characteristics and farmers’ living habits, we will promote simple and easy methods of garbage classification and resource utilization according to local conditions. Strengthen the local treatment and resource utilization of perishable garbage, promote the resource utilization of perishable garbage, toilet manure and organic waste from agricultural production, and build a number of regional rural organic waste comprehensive treatment and utilization facilities in townships or administrative villages. Do a good job in recycling recyclable materials, and establish a recycling system of renewable resources based on village-level recycling outlets and supported by county or township sorting centers. Strengthen the collection, transportation and disposal in harmful waste. If harmful waste separated from domestic garbage and collected centrally belongs to hazardous waste, it shall be managed in strict accordance with relevant regulations on hazardous waste and transported to qualified units for standardized treatment. We will promote the establishment of demonstration counties for the classification and resource utilization of rural domestic waste, and explore and summarize the rural domestic waste treatment modes of classified delivery, classified collection, classified transportation and classified disposal.

Four, improve the rural domestic waste collection and disposal facilities

In rural areas not covered by the domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system, domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal facilities and equipment should be configured according to the requirements of full coverage of natural villages (villagers’ groups), so that natural villages (villagers’ groups) have collection points (stations), towns have transshipment capacity and county towns have harmless treatment capacity. In areas that have achieved full coverage, it is necessary to promote the upgrading of domestic garbage collection, transportation and disposal facilities and equipment in light of the local economic level. Gradually ban open-air garbage collection pools, and build or configure closed garbage collection points (stations), compressed garbage transfer stations and closed garbage transport vehicles. Build a number of miniaturized, decentralized and harmless domestic waste treatment facilities according to local conditions.

Five, improve the management level of rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system.

Thoroughly implement the Technical Standard for Collection, Transportation and Treatment of Rural Domestic Waste (GB/T51435-2021) and standardize the daily operation management of each link. Compaction operation and maintenance of the responsibility of enterprises or units, strengthen the operation and management of garbage collection points (stations), and ensure the standardized delivery and timely removal of garbage. Sewage generated by garbage transfer stations, leachate generated by sanitary landfills and slag and fly ash generated by garbage incineration plants shall be collected, stored and treated in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and standards. Promote the specialization of management and protection services for the collection, transportation and disposal system of rural domestic garbage, and strengthen the assessment and evaluation of the service quality of professional companies. Continue to carry out village cleaning operations, improve the long-term cleaning mechanism of villages, promote the integrated operation and management of rural toilet manure, domestic sewage and garbage treatment facilities and equipment, and village cleaning, explore the establishment of labor cooperatives with rural low-income groups such as poverty-stricken people and anti-poverty monitoring targets as the main body, and undertake services such as village cleaning and garbage collection and transportation through the development of public welfare posts. We will promote the establishment and improvement of the fund guarantee mechanism for the collection, transportation and disposal system of rural domestic garbage, and gradually establish a fund guarantee system for the operation and management of farmers, village-level organizations as a whole, and appropriate government subsidies.

Sixth, establish a working mechanism of co-construction, co-governance and sharing

We will extensively carry out activities to jointly create a beautiful environment and a happy life, take the construction of grass-roots party organizations as the guide, take villagers’ self-governing organizations as the link, and establish a working mechanism for farmers to participate in the whole process around the work of rural domestic waste control. Mobilize the masses to plan together, organize villagers to participate actively, formulate waste classification methods, and select the site of waste collection points (stations), and listen to the opinions of the masses extensively. Mobilize the masses to build a system, organize villagers to regularly clean the courtyard and the front and back of the house, and establish a payment system for garbage disposal farmers according to local conditions. Mobilize the masses to co-manage the environment, formulate the villagers’ environmental hygiene code of conduct or write the relevant contents into the village rules and regulations, and clarify the villagers’ obligation to consciously safeguard the public environment. Mobilize the masses to evaluate the effect, establish mass self-governing organizations such as the Environmental Health Council, carry out regular environmental health inspections, and organize villagers to evaluate the effect of garbage control. Promote the sharing of work results among the masses, encourage farmers through the establishment of a point system and a "red and black list", and reward cleaning staff with good work conditions and villages with outstanding work results in combination with the actual situation.

Seven, the formation of rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system construction and management work together.

Local housing and urban and rural construction, agriculture and rural areas, development and reform, ecological environment, rural revitalization, supply and marketing cooperatives and other departments should closely coordinate and cooperate, strengthen information sharing, regular consultation and technical guidance, and jointly promote the construction and management of rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system. The housing and urban-rural construction department is responsible for guiding the construction and management of the collection, transportation and disposal system of rural domestic garbage, strengthening the supervision and management of the illegal transfer of urban garbage to rural areas in conjunction with relevant departments, and consolidating the effectiveness of remediation of informal domestic garbage dumps. Agriculture, rural areas and rural revitalization departments will work with housing and urban and rural construction departments to promote village cleaning, rural domestic waste classification and resource utilization. The development and reform department, in combination with the improvement of rural human settlements, supports the construction of a qualified rural domestic garbage collection, transportation and disposal system. The ecological environment department is responsible for organizing and guiding the rural environmental improvement and promoting the treatment of rural domestic waste. The harmful waste separated from domestic waste and collected centrally belongs to hazardous waste and is managed in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of hazardous waste. Supply and marketing cooperatives are responsible for the construction of renewable resources recycling outlets, sorting centers and other facilities, and the joint housing and urban-rural construction departments promote the connection between the supply and marketing cooperatives’ renewable resources recycling network and the sanitation and transportation network. Cities and counties should, in accordance with the provisions of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, implement the main responsibility of making overall arrangements for the construction of urban and rural domestic waste collection, transportation and treatment facilities and strengthening the prevention and control of environmental pollution by rural domestic waste, and ensure the normal operation of the rural domestic waste collection, transportation and disposal system.