The current situation of solid waste management in China

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• 作者：Qifei Huang ; Qi Wang ; Lu Dong ; Beidou Xi and Binyan Zhou
• 关键词：Industrial solid waste ; Hazardous waste ; Municipal solid waste ; Management ; China
• 刊名：Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：March 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：8
• 期：1
• 页码：63-69
• 全文大小：1,902 KB
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Environment
  Waste Management and Waste Technology
  Environmental Management
  Industrial Pollution Prevention
  
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1611-8227

文摘

With economic development, the quantity of solid waste is increasing rapidly in China; the total quantities of municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial solid waste (ISW), and hazardous waste (HW) in 2002 were 136.5 million tons, 945 million tons, and 10 million tons, respectively. In 2002, the quantity of MSW disposed of was 74.04 million tons, 89.30% of which was landfilled, 3.72% was incinerated, and 6.98% was composted. There are currently 651 disposal facilities for MSW in China. Mining gangue is the largest component of ISW, making up 27.5% of the total. In the Chinese industrial sector, the coal mining and processing industry contributed most to the total quantity of ISW, with 16.0% of the total quantity of ISW generated by this sector. In total, 44% of HW was recycled, 27% was stored, 13.5% was disposed of, and 15.4% was discharged. Of the total HW generated, 40% was produced by the chemical materials and chemical products industry. Five categories of HW, i.e., waste alkali, waste acid, inorganic fluoride waste, copper waste, and inorganic cyanide waste, made up 57.8% of the total HW generated. Solid waste pollution has become a huge challenge faced by those involved in Chinese environmental management, but this can be seen as an opportunity to improve environmental quality. This article introduces the strategies taken to improve solid waste management in China.