Urban garbage disposal and management in China

This paper, probing into the present situation of urban domestic garbage by analyzing its growing trend, compositional change and regional difference, reveals the problems existing in its disposal and management in China. Meanwhile, a questionnaire was conducted in five big cities around China for surveying urban residents' attitudes towards garbage disposal and management policies and measures. Results showed the output of urban domestic garbage in Chinese cities is ever increasing, and the recoverable materials and energy in garbage composition are also increasing. The population growth, economic development, and increase of residents' expenditure level are the main factors influencing the growing output and changing composition of the garbage. Information acquired from the questionnaire showed that majority of the urban residents are in favor of the garbage reduction policies and managerial measures and are willing to collaborate with municipal government in battling against garbage. Based on the analysis and questionnaire, some policymaking oriented suggestions such as operating the garbage disposal from a social welfare service to a sector of profit gaining enterprises, transferring the garbage management from passive end control to active source control, promoting the classified garbage collection in cities around China, and charging garbage fees for its cleanup and disposal, have also been put forward in the paper.

Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Monitoring and Early Warning System for Kitchen Garbage Treatment

With a population of 1.4 billion in China and a huge daily output of kitchen waste,intelligent treatment of kitchen waste is imperative.This article elaborates on the design and implementation of an intelligent monitoring and early warning system from five aspects:system architecture design,hardware equipment selection and configuration,data collection and processing flow,early warning algorithm and model development,and system integration and testing verification.It also points out the advantages of the intelligent monitoring and early warning system in kitchen waste treatment.

Garbage sorting and disposal in Japan and its implications to China

Beginning from Shanghai,and then Beijing,China has started its garbage sorting enforcement.Before 2025,all cities above the prefecture level will set up and perfect their garbage sorting and disposal system.As Japan is the most successful example in garbage sorting and disposal in the world,where garbage sorting is different district from district,we put our focus on a district Nerima district,in Tokyo about its garbage classification and daily practice.It eventually aims to draw implications for China’s garbage sorting and disposal.As residents,we Chinese people can also learn from the Japanese daily practice in garbage sorting.Only after the government builds a reasonable gathering and disposing system,residents absolutely shoulder the responsibility of sorting garbage,can we succeed in garbage sorting enforcement and environment protection.

Analysis of pollutant components in landfill leachate from hinterland landfill in Three Gorge Water Reservoir

This paper mainly discusses the protection of water resource environment in Three Gorge Water Reservoir, a systematic investigation and analysis of the landfill leachate＇s polluting components, hazardous and changing rule in landfill leachate from hinterland landfill located in the surrounding area have been carried out, and proposed the countermeasures for disposition the leachate furtherly.

Public Participation in Rural Environmental Governance around the Water Source of Xiqin Water Works in Fujian

Public participation is an important way to improve the overall effect and social recognition of rural environmental governance in water source areas. Public participation makes environmental governance measures more targeted and effective, contributes to protecting the basic environmental rights of the public, and makes it easier to meet the livelihood needs of rural people. Public participation in rural environmental governance in water source areas is characterized by complex behavior and is dependent on public willingness to participate. Amongst other factors, it is subject to the combined influences of both internal（psychological cognition） and external（environmental regulation） conditions. This paper builds a theoretical framework for understanding public participation behavior in rural environmental governance, and uses it to analyze a case in the rural area surrounding the Xiqin Water Works in Fujian Province. In the case study, the public shows high willingness to participate, but low actual rates of participation. At the same time, the willingness of villagers to pay for the control of pollution from livestock and poultry breeding varies greatly from village to village, and there are also noticeable individual differences in public participation in the use of public collection points for rural household waste. We found that gender, understandings of environmental protection and perception of environmental regulation, play a key role in influencing the willingness of farmers to pay for the control of pollution from livestock and poultry breeding. Individual awareness of environmental protection, environmental protection facility conditions, and environmental service quality had a significant influence on public participation in the use of public collection points for rural household waste.