Why Chinese Municipal Solid Waste Landfills don't Generate the Expected Amount of Emission Reduction - Sino-German Research Project on Resource Recovery and Utilization of Bioorganic Municipal Waste

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Why Chinese Municipal Solid Waste Landfills don't Generate the Expected Amount of Emission Reduction - Sino-German Research Project on Resource Recovery and Utilization of Bio-organic Municipal Waste

Title Why Chinese Municipal Solid Waste Landfills don't Generate the Expected Amount of Emission Reduction - Sino-German Research Project on Resource Recovery and Utilization of Bio-organic Municipal Waste
Author Bernhard Raninger
Year 2009
Region/Country East Asia & The Pacific - China
Topics Waste Treatment
Document Type Study & Report
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Abstract Due to the ongoing urbanization, changing consumer behaviour and the progress in industrialization and improved collection services, the quantities of municipal solid waste are growing continuously in China. How to set up a most efficient waste treatment infrastructure and how to improve treatment capacities up to the demand is still not clear, therefore landfilling still remains as a priority1. Separating waste at the source is a choice, which basically complies with the objectives of China's environmental management targets of solid waste management and circular economy