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Core pain points in the plastic recycling industry: Wastewater from the crushing and cleaning process is particularly typical, as the wastewater in the plastic recycling industry contains complex suspended solids, and sludge treatment costs are high.

At a battery recycling facility in Hedong district of Linyi, Shandong province, the used batteries from new energy vehicles are processed into lithium, copper and aluminum powder in just over 10 minutes. This project, initiated at the end of last year, aims to transform old batteries into valuable resources.

Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) has officially approved Technical Specifications for Dry Anaerobic Digestion Equipment for Co-Processing of Sludge from Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants and Kitchen Waste as an industrial product standard for urban and rural construction, with the standard number CJ/T556-2025. This standard shall come into force on November 1, 2025.

Since 2019, China has introduced a series of groundbreaking environmental policies marked by innovative concepts and institutional reforms. The Yangtze River Protection Law (Draft) and the Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law exemplify a holistic ecological conservation approach, shifting focus from isolated pollution control to comprehensive system protection.

Thai experts have called for a long-term strategy to offset the negative effects of US tariffs, saying Thailand should strengthen its competitiveness by investing more in innovation and technology while expanding its trade partners, including focusing more on China.

It is reported that the United States has decided to include 407 product categories in its steel and aluminum tariff list, covering hundreds of products such as wind turbines and their components, mobile cranes, railway vehicles, furniture, compressors and pumps. The measure officially took effect on August 18.

The "Action Plan for Comprehensive Deepening Reform of the Shanghai Carbon Market (2026-2030)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan") has recently been issued. It focuses on three key initiatives – "Implementing the Initiative to Improve Quality and Efficiency of the Carbon Emissions Trading Market", "Implementing the Initiative to Guide and Incentivize Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction", and "Implementing the Initiative to Enhance Innovation Capacity of the Carbon Market" – and puts forward 16 key reform tasks.

Guided by the "Two Mountains" concept, China is becoming more beautiful every day. As the core concept of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, the "Two Mountains" concept has not only profoundly changed China, but also gathered consensus and pointed out the path for global exploration on harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China hereby issues the following decision in accordance with the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China and its implementing regulations to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.

Background

As the world's largest cumulative emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States is planning to no longer regard "carbon neutrality" as a national goal.