对城市生活垃圾回收的质疑与思考

The Query and Thinking of the Municipal Solid Waste Recycle

随着工业化和城市化的快速发展,城市生活垃圾问题作为影响城市可持续发展的重要制约因素日趋突出。大多数国家和地区都把垃圾回收作为减轻垃圾处理负担及保护自然资源和环境的有效模式而大力推广。但国内外大量的实证研究发现,垃圾回收是一种成本高昂的垃圾治理模式,不具有成本有效性。垃圾治理应从源头上减少垃圾的数量和提高产品的重复使用率,政府应减少强制性的垃圾回收,而将政策转向征收适度的垃圾填埋税(费)。

With the accelerated development of industrialization and urbanization, Municipal solid waste is becoming a protruding restrictive problem in the sustainable development of the cities. In many countries and regions, MSW recycle is taken as the effective mode to reduce the burden of garbage disposal and to practice protective measures of natural resources and environment, and the method is being promoted. However, foreign practices also reveal that garbage recycle is expensive and cost ineffective. It is hereby pointed out that garbage recycle must start from the source, reducing the amount of garbage at the very beginning and improve the recycled products. It is expected that government reduce the requirements for compulsory garbage recycle and turn to taxation on landfill.