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Analysis of Current Situation and Existing Problems of Domestic Refuse Disposal in China's Western Small Cities


JIA Tao, LONG Teng-rui, JIANG Wen-chao, HOU Ji-yan, CHEN Qiong, TANG Ran

DOI:10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2007.03.024

Received ,Revised December 15, 2007, Accepted , Available online July 01, 2015

Volume ,2007,Pages 99-101114

  • Abstract
China Ministry of Construction started a Netherlands Government's grant project named with 'Development and Demonstration of Feasible Technologies for Environmental Infrastructure in China's Western Small Cities' in 2003.And establishing a technical guide for domestic refuse disposal is one of the project components.In order to perform the project well,investigations were made into the current situation of domestic refuse disposal over selected representative small towns in Sichuan,Yunnan and Shanxi provinces which are located in western areas of China,and existing problems in design and construction,management,environmental monitoring,staff training and investment are analyzed.Some suggestions,mainly including setting up a national special fund for western domestic refuse disposal,moving toward integrated domestic refuse management system,establishing a particular technical guide of domestic refuse disposal suitable for western small cities and implementing charge system,are proposed in the end.