Composition and Generation Rate of Household Wastes in Beijing
Although residential wastes have been considered the most important source of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Beijing City, no recent data support the argument. In this paper, we present results of a sample survey on household waste generation and composition in Beijing, China. Sample communities were determined by integration of five indexes including family population, income, age, education and profession.A 10-day wastes were sampled from 113 households in different districts in Beijing City. The results show that the generation rate of household wastes is 0.233 kg/pers/day. The bulk density is 221 kg/m3, and the moisture content is 50.19%. Household waste approximately comprises 24.98% of the total MSW in Beijing,being not a main part of MSW anymore. The composition consists of kitchen waste, paper/cardboard, plastics,metals, glass, textiles and other wastes, proportions of which are 69.32%, 10.25%, 9.78%, 0.81%, 5.77%,1.34% and 2.73%, respectively. Discussions on correlationships between generation rates of household wastes and socio-economic factors indicate that generation rates of total wastes, kitchen wastes, paper and plastics show negative power functions to household population size.
Beijing City household waste generation rate composition effect factors
Xiao-yan Qu Xin-yuan Xie Zhen-shan Li Yu-mei Sui Lei Yang You Chen
The Key Laboratory for Environmental and Urban Sciences, Shenzhen Graudate School, Peking University The Key Laboratory for Environmental and Urban Sciences, Shenzhen Graudate School, Peking University Department of Environmental Engineering , Peking University, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sedimen
国际会议
The 3rd International Conference on Waste Management and Technology(第三届固体废物管理与技术国际研讨会)
北京
英文
197-206
2008-11-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）