The Industry of Municipal Solid Waste in China: the Current Situation and the Countermeasures

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a common problem for the mankind. Chinese MSW disposal is characterized with an intense population, the limited land resources, complex composing in MSW, coupled with a weaker environmental awareness and poor public administration. This paper introduces the features and its current situations of the waste industry, analyzes the superficial phenomenon, the underlying factors and the dilemma of the waste proposal industry. The author holds that the hard part of MSW proposal lies in sorting; the focal point community and the core issue management. It is of vital importance to 1) realize the significance of waste sorting, and strengthen the sorting management; 2) highlight the community's function; 3) standardize the recycling system; 4) perfect the processing system; 5) regulate the industry; 5) establish the industrial development mechanism.