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Garbage Levy|The government expects to spend 640 million yuan annually to produce and distribute designated garbage bags and labels after implementation

2021-02-23T13:31:50.019Z


The garbage levy has been brewing for many years. The Environmental Protection Department has submitted a document to the Legislative Council to explain the details of the expenditure. It is expected that the non-manpower expenditure after implementation will be approximately 640 million yuan per year, including the production, distribution and management of designated garbage bags and labels


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Written by: Lao Minyi

2021-02-23 21:21

The last update date: 2021-02-23 21:21

The garbage levy has been brewing for many years. The Environmental Protection Department submitted a document to the Legislative Council to explain the details of the expenditure. It is expected that the non-staff recurrent expenditure after implementation will be about 640 million yuan per year, including the production, distribution and management of designated garbage bags and labels, and CSSA payments. And increase the allowances for the high elderly living allowance, operate the registration and accounting system that charges "gate fees" based on the weight of waste; and launch publicity and public education on recycling and waste reduction measures.

The government expects that the non-manpower expenditure after the implementation of the garbage levy is about 640 million yuan per year, including the production, distribution and management of designated garbage bags and labels.

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Expected to spend 1 billion yuan thereafter

According to government documents, the relevant budgetary expenditure for the 2020/21 fiscal year is about 500 million yuan, which mainly includes waste paper collection and recycling services (about 130 million yuan), and regular funding for community recycling facilities "recycling convenience points" (about 130 million yuan), expansion of the service scope of the "Green Exhibition Team" (about 100 million yuan), a pilot project for food waste collection services (about 64 million yuan), and a pilot program for plastic recyclable materials recycling services (about 13 million yuan).

If the "Bill" is passed before July this year, the total estimated expenditure for the fiscal years 2021/22 and 2022/23 will be approximately $9.2 million, mainly for the establishment of account registration and accounting systems, and the development of designated garbage bags and labels The upfront cost of production, distribution and management systems.

The government expects to further increase the allocation to no less than about 800 million to 1 billion yuan from the fiscal year in which garbage charging is implemented to strengthen waste reduction and recycling. The amount of this annual allocation is similar to the estimated initial total revenue. Achieve the effect of "special fund dedicated".

Withdraw the creation of 9 directorate civil service posts

In terms of manpower expenditure, the Environmental Protection Department withdrew its original proposal to create 9 directorate civil service posts and replaced it with a support plan for 196 non-directorate staff; 150 non-civil service contract positions were created; and an additional 7 non-civil service staff were created, which involved expenditure each year Nearly 200 million yuan.

In addition, the plan has not been implemented. The government has spent 16.4 million yuan and 24.4 million yuan respectively in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 fiscal years for publicity, education and related public participation activities, as well as the renovation and upgrading of garbage collection station facilities.

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