Chapter I General Rules

Article 1 For purposes of promoting recovery of renewable resources, regulating development of renewable resource recovery industry, saving resources, protecting environment and realizing economic and social sustainable development, these Measures are formulated under the Law of Clean Production Promotion of the People's Republic of China and Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes and other relevant laws and regulations.

Article 2 The renewable resources as mentioned in these Measures refer to all kinds of wastes that are generated in social production and living and consumption, and that have lost all or part of their use value, but can regain use value through recovery and processing.

Renewable resources include metallic scrap, discarded electronic products, mechanical and electric equipment and parts, waste paper making materials (such as waste paper and cotton), waste materials for light chemical industry (such as rubber, plastics, packing of pesticide, animal bones and hairs) and waste glass as well.

Article 3 Enterprises and owners of self-employed businesses who undertake business of renewable resource recovery within the territory of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "business operator of renewable resource recovery") shall comply with these Measures.

Where it is otherwise provided in other laws and regulations in terms of the administration on recovery of imported solid wastes, hazard wastes and discarded automobiles that may be used as raw materials, such provisions shall prevail.

Article 4 The state encourages people from all circles as well as urban and rural areas to accumulate and sell renewable resources.

Article 5 The state encourages innocuous renewable resource recovery and disposal. Relevant scientific research, technical development and promotion are also encouraged.

Chapter II Operation Rules

Article 6 To engage in renewable resource recovery business, an enterprise must meet the registration requirements of industrial and commercial administration. It can start business only after getting business licenses.

Article 7 Operators engaging in renewable resource recovery business shall be filed with departments of commerce or authorized institutions thereof which shall be at the same level with the departments of industrial and commercial administration where they are registered in line with the principle of dependency administration within 30 days after obtaining business license.

In case of any alteration, operators of renewable resource recovery business shall go through formalities of alteration with departments of commerce within 30 days as of the alteration (those belonged to industrial and commercial registration shall be filed in 30 days since the alteration of industrial and commercial registration).

Article 8 Enterprises engaging in recovery of producing waste metals and operators of non-producing waste metals shall also register with public security organs of the people's governments at the county level within 15 days after obtaining business licenses in addition to registration with departments of commerce in accordance with Article 7 of these Measures.

In case of any alteration of registered items, operators of renewable resources as mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall go through alteration formalities with public security organs of the people's governments at the county level within 15 days as of the alteration (where an item falls within the industrial and commercial registration, it shall be dealt with within 15 days as of the alteration of industrial and commercial registration).

Article 9 A producing enterprise and an enterprise of renewable resource recovery shall trade the producing waste metals by means of signing contracts of purchase, in which such matters as the name, quantity and specifications of producing waste metals as well as recovery terms and settlement shall be specified.

Article 10 When recovering producing waste metals, an enterprise of renewable resource recovery shall, according to the facts, conduct registration of the name, quantity, specifications as well as the aging degree.

As regards an entity seller, the certification issued thereby shall be checked, and the name of the entity and the name, address and identity card number of the handler shall be registered according to the facts; as regards an individual seller, the name, address and identity card number thereof shall be registered according to the facts.

The registration materials shall be kept for at least two years.

Article 11 If any stolen goods or suspected stolen goods wanted by public security organs are found in business activity, operators of renewable resource recovery shall report to public security organs immediately.

The public security organs shall seize stolen goods or suspected stolen goods found in business operation of renewable resource recovery in accordance with law and list the seized goods. If the suspected stolen goods are proved not to be stolen goods, they shall be returned in time; those proven to be stolen goods shall be dealt with in line with the state regulations.

Article 12 The whole process of collecting, storage, transportation and disposal of renewable resources shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant standards, technical policies and state specifications on pollution prevention.

Article 13 Business operators of renewable resource recovery shall comply with relevant regulations of second-hand goods circulation to undertake business of second-hand goods purchase, sales, storage and transportation.

Article 14 The recovery of renewable resources may be carried out by means of door-to-door recovery, itinerant recovery and recovery at certain places.

Business operators of recovery of renewable resources may contact residents and enterprises by means of phone and the Internet so as to provide convenient and quick recovery.

Chapter III Supervision and Administration

Article 15 Departments of commerce are in charge of the industry of renewable resource recovery, and are responsible for formulation and implementation of industrial policies of renewable resource recovery, recovery standards and planning of recovery industry development as well.

Departments of development and reform are responsible for research and putting forward policies to promote development of renewable resource recovery, organize to adopt new technologies, promote application of new equipment and carry out industrialization demonstration.

Public security organs are in charge of public security