Following Beijing's decision to substantially increase non-resident garbage disposal fees and sewage charges, provinces and cities across the country will successively announce similar measures, and sewage charges such as sulfur dioxide will also be included in the scope of future environmental tax collection.

On Thursday, the Great Wisdom News Agency learned from the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission that starting from January 1, 2014, non-resident garbage disposal fees, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other sewage charges will be increased by more than ten times, and a step-by-step differentiated sewage charge policy will be implemented.

On the same day, the Great Wisdom News Agency learned from the Environmental Resources Committee of the National People's Congress that the substantial increase in sewage charges will not be limited to Beijing. In the future, provinces and cities will successively announce similar measures, and sewage charges such as sulfur dioxide will also be included in the scope of future environmental tax collection.

In this regard, officials from the Environmental Protection Department of Jiangsu Province confirmed to the Great Wisdom News Agency that Jiangsu will not only greatly increase the collection standards of waste disposal fees, construction site dust discharge fees, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other sewage charges, but also make institutional arrangements for atmospheric management, and Introduce local regulations to improve and protect the ecological environment.

According to documents obtained by the Great Wisdom News Agency from the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Beijing's current sewage charges are less than 1 yuan per kilogram. After New Year's Day in 2014, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and chemical oxygen demand were uniformly adjusted to 10 yuan per kilogram, and ammonia nitrogen was adjusted to 12 yuan per kilogram.

The current garbage charge in Beijing is 25 yuan per ton. After New Year's Day, the non-resident domestic garbage disposal fee (including collection, transportation, and treatment) is adjusted to 300 yuan/ton; the kitchen waste disposal fee (including collection, transportation, and treatment) is adjusted to 100 yuan/ton.