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Quick answer: For group enterprises, the difficulty of solid waste disposal management lies not in execution at a single site but in unified definitions and consolidatable evidence. Start with three things — a group-wide vendor admission standard (a qualification checklist), unified ledger definitions and fields, and unified document delivery requirements. The direct benefits: ESG reports can be consolidated, audits can pull records by batch, and headquarters does not have to re-confirm with each subsidiary.

1. Three Standardizations

Standardization 1: vendor admission criteria

Draw up a group-level qualification checklist so all branches screen vendors against the same standard:

  • Processing license — WEEE Processing License (check number and validity)
  • Hazardous waste permit — Hazardous Waste Operation Permit and its approved categories
  • Confidentiality qualification — the relevant qualification; whether a designated unit of the State Secrets Protection Administration
  • Discharge permit — validity of the pollutant discharge permit
  • System certifications — ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 / 27001 / 20000, etc.
  • Compliance record — no environmental administrative penalties or abnormal business records in the past three years

Standardization 2: ledger definitions and fields

This is where problems most often arise. Fix the fields and reuse them year after year:

  • Batch number — globally unique, for traceability
  • Unit — name of the branch
  • Waste category — under a unified classification (e-waste / hazardous waste / classified media / renewable resources)
  • Quantity and unit — units / pieces / tonnes, with units standardized
  • Disposal method — recycling / dismantling / destruction
  • Contractor — name and license number
  • Document number — disposal certificate, destruction certificate, transfer manifest number
  • Delivery date — the date the documents were actually obtained

Standardization 3: document delivery requirements

Uniformly require vendors to deliver: environmental disposal certificates, data destruction certificates, electronic ledgers, hazardous waste transfer manifests (where applicable) and output destination statements, with delivery deadlines agreed in advance.

2. Why Unified Definitions Matter So Much

  • Some units count by unit, others by tonne — group-level totals are impossible and ESG data incomparable
  • Some have documents, others only purchase receipts — the evidence chain breaks during consolidated disclosure
  • Inconsistent classification — resource recovery rates and compliant disposal rates cannot be calculated
  • Batch numbering differs — audit tracing becomes painful and requires repeated checks

Define the terms once and you save the annual reconciliation grind.

3. Two Routes for Multi-Site Delivery

  • Centralize with one vendor — fits: similar waste categories with demand across locations; notes: unified definitions come naturally, but confirm the vendor's cross-region collection capability and ability to handle cross-province transfer procedures
  • Appoint vendors by region — fits: large category differences across regions and wide geography; notes: bind vendors with the unified admission criteria and ledger fields

Centralized engagement keeps documents and ledgers naturally uniform, which is why group enterprises tend to prefer it.

4. Compliance Points for Cross-Region Disposal

  1. Cross-province (region, municipality) transfers — approval or filing procedures must be completed as required by law;
  2. Hazardous waste transfer manifests — mandatory for HW49 waste such as waste circuit boards;
  3. Integrated collection — for equipment consolidated from multiple sites, bring material in by region and batch to avoid one-off stockpiling;
  4. Delivery rhythm — align with each unit's asset write-off cycle to avoid balances carried across years.

5. Jinye Environmental's Foundation for Serving Group Clients

  • Customer base — more than 400 customers, covering party and government agencies, financial institutions, telecom operators, data centers, manufacturers and military units
  • Financial clients — ICBC, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, Everbright Bank, Huaxia Bank
  • Telecom clients — China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom
  • Internet clients — Alibaba Asset, ByteDance Asset
  • Central SOE clients — China Rongtong Group
  • Qualifications — 8 core qualifications + six-system certification
  • Coverage — operations across the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region and nationwide; customers in Anhui, Sichuan, Liaoning, Gansu and other provinces
  • Digitalization — resource intelligent service platform with queryable disposal data dashboards and electronic ledgers

FAQ

Q: Does group headquarters need to sign contracts directly?
A: Either a headquarters framework agreement with orders placed by branches in batches, or separate contracts signed by each unit under the framework — it depends on the group's procurement policy.

Q: How is data from different locations consolidated?
A: Through unified batch numbers and ledger fields; the vendor supplies electronic ledgers that are easy to import.

Q: Can documents be issued in a uniform group format?
A: Document and ledger fields and formats can be adjusted to customer requirements, as agreed in the contract.

About Langfang Jinye Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.

Founded in September 2021, Langfang Jinye Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. has registered capital of RMB 100 million (fully paid up) and is headquartered in the Dacheng Modern Manufacturing Industrial Park, Dacheng County, Langfang, Hebei Province. It is a National High-Tech Enterprise, a Specialized & Innovative SME and a national pilot enterprise for the renewable resources recycling system, serving more than 400 customers.

Reference: Measures for the Administration of Hazardous Waste Transfers (Order No. 23 of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport).