Study On Environmental Deposit

Environmental deposit in some western countries has become an important legalsystem in the field of environmental protection since1960.Traditional environmentaldeposit refers to products with potential pollution which will be asked to pay moremoney. Only when the environment is protected by recycling the products or theresidues of them in the collection system, the deposit will be returned to purchasers.However,the definition only applies to pollution prevention and the concept ofenvironment deposit is in a narrow sense. Scholars also think environmental depositcan apply to natural resource utilization and ecological protection, which is thegeneral environmental deposit. As an environmental protection system,environmental deposit aims to solve environmental problems, protect theenvironment and maintain ecological balance. As long as we can get the goal ofprotecting environment, it can be used in more than one area. With the reality of ourcountry, the generalized environmental deposit is more suitable. Generalenvironmental deposit refers to activities of the environmental pollution, naturalresource damage and ecological unbalance. People, who take part in these activities,should hand in some money in advance. Only when the environment is wellprotected,the deposit can be returned to the payers. Or it may be used as the fee torecover the environment. General environmental deposit can be applied to the areasof environmental pollution, natural utilization and ecological protection. Theenvironmental deposit depends on the idea of the circular economy, which leads to“reduce, reuse and recycle(3R)”.Its application is to achieve environmental interests,then protect the environment. Environmental interests is the most important partprotected by environmental deposit, for which it is also the ethical basis. Theso-called environmental interests, is a kind of satisfaction on people’s need ofenvironment, but, the emphasis of it can’t be separated from its own interests ofenvironment. Environmental deposit is a complex and multi-dimensional legalenvironmental protection system, which provides a useful option for theconstruction of ecological civilization in China. Study on environmental deposit should include: Study on ethical basis of environmental deposit, define the meaningof environmental interests, analyze the characteristics of environmental interests,compare environmental deposit with deposit in civil law, environmental tax, andrecycling in tradition, then make sure the scope of environmental deposit. Comparingthe reality of our country and using the comparison research methods, describes thesituation at the present in China, find the space of environmental deposit,and get thenecessity and feasibility of building environmental deposit. Make sure that relying onthe public trust theory, environmental deposit should base on the environmentalmanagement by government and call for effective national environmentaladministrative discretion. Ask corporation to bear environmental responsibility andadhere to the principle of extended producer responsibility. Require the participationand supervision of citizen, then find the effective paths of it. For environmentaldeposit, we need explore the suitable way to build it,pursue its legislation basis, andestablish the wonderful model, to make it systematic, multi-dimensional andstandardization. explore ways on the implementation of environmental deposit,suchas making relation with other environmental systems and building the environmentalpublic interest litigation.