Municipal Solid Waste Management in Hefei:Status, Problems and Challenges
The increase in population,the rapid economic growth and the rise in community living standards accelerate municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in developing cities.This problem is especially serious in Hefei,Anhui,China.The daily amount of MSW generated in Hefei was about 0.32 kg per person in 2010.According to the current population growth trend,the solid waste quantity generated will continue to increase with the citys development.The aim of this paper is to review the current status and identify the problems and challenges related to municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in Hefei.Firstly,some of the important aspects of waste management,such as the current status of waste generation,collection and disposal in Hefei,were illustrated.Also,the current situation was evaluated,and its problems were identified.Secondly,the legal framework and system of MSWM were discussed and finally,future challenges and recommendations were discussed.
municipal solid waste management problems challenges Hefei
WANG Yingrui FANG Tingyong ZHANG Fengjun WANG Hao WU Ke Michael NELLES
School of Management, Anhui University of Architecture, Hefei 230022, China Engineering Research Center of Building Energy-efficient Control and Evalution, Ministry of Educatio Department of Economics, Hefei University,Hefei 230022, China Chinese-German Center for Environmental Technology and Knowledge Transfer, Hefei University, Hefei 2 Department of Waste Management and Material Flow, Rostock University, 18059 Rostock, Germany
国际会议
合肥
英文
382-387
2012-05-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）