The current standard is developed for the purpose of implementation of Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China and Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, protecting the environment, ensuring human health and standardizing the methods for monitoring metal elements in solid waste. The current standard specifies inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry 了for determination of metal elements of solid waste and its leachate. The current standard is released for the first time.