From December 10th to 11th, the 2019 Promotion Conference of "Zero-waste City" Construction Pilot was held in Sanya, Hainan Province. The meeting was guided by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, hosted by the People's Government of Sanya City and the Ecological Environment Department of Hainan Province, and organized by the Ecological Environment Bureau of Sanya, with strong support from the Solid Waste and Chemicals Department of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Environmental Development Center of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Technology Center of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China Environmental Publishing Group, and the Basel Convention Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific (hereinafter referred to as "BCRC China"). Zhuang Guotai, the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Deng Xiaogang, the Director of Ecological Environment Department of Hainan Province, A Dong, the Mayor of Sanya Government, Zhou Yanhua, the Vice Mayor of Sanya Government attended the meeting. Nearly 200 representatives from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and its direct units, cities or regions of "Zero-waste City" Construction Pilot, relevant experts and scholars, enterprises and associations, and the medias gathered in Sanya to discuss the construction path of "Zero-waste City".
At the meeting, experts, scholars and city representatives of "Zero-waste City" Construction Pilot provided opinions and suggestions for "Zero-waste City" Construction Pilot. The Executive Director of BCRC China, Professor Li Jinhui and the Assistant Director of BCRC China, Researcher Liu Lili were invited to introduce the "Appropriate Technologies for Pollution Prevention and Control of Industry Solid Waste in 'Zero-waste City' Construction" and the "'Zero-waste City' Standard System".
On November 21, 2019, the "Implementation Plan of ‘Zero-waste City’ Construction Pilot in Sanya City" prepared by the Asia-Pacific Center was officially issued by the Office of the People's Government of Sanya, marking the start of the "Zero-waste City" Construction Pilot in Sanya. Among the pilot tasks for Sanya City’s “Zero-waste City” Construction, BCRC China has undertaken the tasks of compiling guidelines for residents and visitors，and the tasks of “Zero-waste” cells engineering construction, including “Zero-waste Airport” “Zero-waste Island” “Zero-waste Scenic Area” and “Zero-waste Science and Technology Park”. In the next stage, BCRC China will further support the "Zero-waste City" construction work in Sanya City, advance the pilot work smoothly and orderly, and strive to achieve good outcomes.
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