China's first regional circular economy plan awarded environmental benefits highlights

Xinhua Beijing, December 28, the State Council officially approved the "Gansu Province circular Economy Master plan", which is the first China approved the implementation of a regional circular economic development plan.　　28th, in Gansu official press conference, Gansu Province Environmental Protection Department director Fengjie said that after the implementation of the circular economic planning, the overall positive environmental benefits will be far greater than the negative impact. "The Master plan" pointed out that Gansu is China's important ecological barrier and land transport key, resources rich, strategic position is important, the development potential is enormous.　　Cyclic economic activities to reduce, reuse and resources into the basic principles, so the implementation of circular economic planning in general will bring good economic, social and environmental benefits.　　Fengjie said that the recycling economy itself consumes resources, energy and has a certain negative environmental impact, so it is necessary to carry out a comparative analysis of the positive environmental benefits and negative environmental impacts after the implementation of the project, so as to find out the real environmental impact after the implementation of the plan, and to provide help to take reasonable measures　　Fengjie said that, combined with the actual situation of Gansu's economic and social development, the Gansu Circular economy Development plan altogether chooses the three kinds of recycling economy key projects, such as reduction, reuse and resource, infrastructure and ecological protection, totaling 72. Fengjie said that in recent years, the main pollutant emissions in Gansu Province showed a downward trend. In 2008, Gansu Province discharged 501,500 tons of sulphur dioxide, 170,500 tons of chemical oxygen demand, 136,500 tons of soot and 468 million tons of waste water, reducing 4.33%, 2.11% and increasing 3.22% and 5.34% respectively.　　Through carrying out the ecological protection construction project, the regional ecological environment is improved, the ecological environment security of the Northwest region is ensured, and the implementation of the project will provide a strong support and guarantee for the Gansu circular economy.　　According to the official information, preliminary estimates that by the end of 2015, the 72 projects were completed and put into production, the year can achieve energy-saving 10.84 million tons of standard coal, water-saving about 1.3 billion tons, emission reduction of 80,000 tons of gaseous pollutants, reducing the BOD and other waste water pollutants about 380,000 tons. Fengjie said that due to water-saving and improve the ecological environment can also bring great environmental benefits, from the perspective of environmental negative effects, in the project construction and operation process, will add energy consumption of 1.23 million tons of standard coal, new water resources consumption 23.9 million tons, the new emissions of gaseous pollutants 20,000 tons, the new wastewater pollutant discharge about 30,000 tons, New sludge and other solid waste disposal capacity of 3.5 million tons. Overall, the overall positive environmental benefits will be far greater than the negative impact. Finish)