In July 18th, Chinese Ministry of environmental protection to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to submit documents, require emergency adjustment of imported solid waste list, to the end of 2017, the 4 categories of 24 kinds of banned imports of solid waste, including the source of waste plastics, vanadium slag, without sorting of waste paper and textile raw materials such as high solid waste pollution.

In a document sent to WTO, China's Ministry of environmental protection pointed out that "a large number of highly polluting waste and hazardous wastes are mixed in recyclable solid waste, which seriously pollutes the environment in China.". In order to protect China's environment and the health of the people, we must urgently adjust the list of imported solid waste, and prohibit the import of highly polluting solid waste."