Turning "waste" into gold: China accelerates green circulation and creates new growth points
"Three plastic bottles are combined into a silk scarf""Eat old batteries and spit out new batteries"... Turning "waste" into gold is being staged in the first place in Anhui, a small inland city in central and eastern China.
As a national-level pilot for circular economy standardization, Jieshou recycles more than 4 million tons of used batteries, waste aluminum, and waste plastics every year, has an annual production capacity of 990,000 tons of recycled lead, and more than 100 million regenerated power batteries. For every 5 power batteries in the country, one is "made in the first world".
"The Chinese talk about environmental protection. In the 1970s and 1980s, 100,000 world leaders transformed into recipients of waste." Wang Shengli, a battery recycling merchant in Jieshou, said that the company receives more than ten trucks loaded with used batteries every day from Henan, Shandong and other places, extracting lead, plastics, copper and other resources from them, and can earn one to two million yuan a year.
Up to now, there are 81 enterprises above designated in the resource recycling characteristic industries of Jieshou High-tech Zone. In 2023, the industrial output value will be 33 billion yuan, accounting for 74% of the total industrial output value of Jieshou City.
At present, green, circular and low-carbon development is a key link to achieve high-quality development. At present, the output value of China's resource recycling industry exceeds 3.5 trillion yuan, and it is expected that by 2025, the output value will reach 5 trillion yuan.
This year's government work report proposes to "promote the development of the waste recycling industry and promote the research and development and application of advanced technologies for energy conservation and carbon reduction." Currently, China is striving to create a new growth point for green and low-carbon development.
On June 29, in Nanchang Solid Waste Treatment Circular Economy Industrial Park, Jiangxi Province, staff from the domestic waste incineration power generation project monitored the operation of equipment in the central control room. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
The latest set of data shows China's green growth miracle-an average annual energy consumption growth rate of 3% supports an average annual economic growth of more than 6%, energy consumption per unit of GDP has dropped by 26.8%, and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP have dropped by more than 35%, and the output rate of major resources has increased by more than 60%.
"Circular economy is an innovative economy that pursues greater economic benefits, less resource consumption, lower environmental pollution, more labor and employment and higher development quality. It is a positive response to the current domestic and international economic situation and will Effectively promote investment and consumption." Ji Kunsen, president of the Circular Economy Research Institute of Anhui Province, said.
In recent years, China's new energy vehicles have entered a period of rapid development, and the industry predicts that power batteries will soon usher in the peak period of "trade-in". Hefei Guoxuan Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. changed the linear material flow process of "resource-waste-emission" and created a full life cycle cycle of "power battery recycling-cascade utilization-raw material remanufacturing-material remanufacturing-power battery remanufacturing" Utilization system.
"Model innovation helps the industry open up new areas and create new momentum. In the future, we will rely on the newly built Feidong Power Battery Recycling Production Base to achieve green and sustainable development." said Wang Dezhao, general manager of Guoxuan Recycling Company.
Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, recently stated that it will further improve the renewable resource recycling network and strive to promote the establishment of 2000 new standardized and standardized recycling stations and the construction of 200 green sorting centers in large and medium-sized cities throughout the year.
Technological innovation is the core driving force for promoting resource recycling. In recent years, new waste treatment technologies have emerged one after another, and digital intelligence has accelerated its empowerment.
In the workshop of Tongling Nonferrous Metals Jinguan Copper Branch, accompanied by the roar of machines, the waste residue generated during the production process is subjected to treatment processes such as slag slow-cooling, crushing and screening, and the waste residue is recycled and reused.
"Through technological upgrades, we recover 14,300 tons of copper metal every year, and the amount of resources is equivalent to the size of a medium-sized copper mine." Wen Yan, general manager of Tongling Nonferrous Gold Crown Copper Branch, said.
It is worth mentioning that the copper smelting slag resource recycling project has formed a "waste-free model". All production water is recycled. The product copper concentrate is returned to the company's smelting system as raw material, and the tailings are sold to cement plants as cement additives. All resources are fully utilized.
Looking across the country, the application of a number of advanced technologies is exerting an "additive effect", adding strength to the empowerment of green China. As of the end of April this year, the National Green Technology Trading Center has put on shelves more than 3600 green technologies and facilitated 1324 transactions, with a transaction volume exceeding 3.1 billion yuan. The energy and water consumption of some key large and medium-sized enterprises has reached the world's advanced level.
Green consumption also plays an important role in promoting energy conservation, carbon reduction and circular development in all aspects of product production, circulation, recycling and reuse.
Bring your coffee cups to the store for consumption, and you can also pack and take away the coffee grounds to grow flowers and remove flavor; choose to buy the "unlabeled naked version" product and abandon the plastic label on the bottle; On various idle trading platforms, items are diverse and all-inclusive...
On June 30, 2023, staff (center) exchanged knowledge about the recycling of foam plastics with children at the "Science and Technology Innovation Education Fair" held in the Shanghai Museum of Natural History. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Fang Zhe
In China, the trend of green and environmentally friendly consumption is gradually emerging, and more and more people are starting a "recycling" model. A consumption trend report in 2023 shows that 73.8% of consumers will give priority to green and environmentally friendly products or brands in daily life, and consumers born in the 1990s have the highest premium acceptance of green products.
From energy-saving "carbon reduction" in factories and workshops, green "plus" power of recycling, to consumers 'green and environmentally friendly "near-zero carbon" lifestyle, between one plus and one minus, there is a green transformation of Chinese people's production methods and a green attitude towards life. Turn around.
