Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward

This paper lists several opportunities for China to advance MSW policies and practices. In addition to building on lessons learned from countries with decades of experience in implementing separation at source programs, including lessons on dealing...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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spelling okr-10986-338382021-05-25T09:55:27Z Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward World Bank Group PLASTIC WASTE MUNICIPAL WASTE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING PLASTIC POLLUTION CIRCULAR ECONOMY This paper lists several opportunities for China to advance MSW policies and practices. In addition to building on lessons learned from countries with decades of experience in implementing separation at source programs, including lessons on dealing with the informal sector, China’s extended responsibility systems (EPR) for different waste streams including packaging waste could be tested locally and if successful, could then be prioritized. EPR schemes could be used to introduce incentives for eco-design, create a sustainable production and consumption pattern, reduce landfilling and develop recycling and recovery channels. China could also more comprehensively test the regional approach for service delivery especially for underserved county and rural areas. There is an opportunity to deepen urban-rural integration enhance economies of scale, and improve efficiency through regional integration in waste service provision. This would not only improve the quality of service provision but support financial sustainability and help offset some of the increased financial costs for circularity. Ensuring sustainable operational financing is important to provide for public-private partnerships, a stated priority of the government; sustain earlier and current investments; and permit future development of facilities. 2020-06-01T20:50:17Z 2020-06-01T20:50:17Z 2019-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/556871590984485921/Urban-and-Rural-Municipal-Solid-Waste-in-China-and-the-Circular-Economy-A-Brief-Overview-and-Opportunities-Going-Forward http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33838 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study East Asia and Pacific China
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topic PLASTIC WASTE
MUNICIPAL WASTE
SOLID WASTE
RECYCLING
PLASTIC POLLUTION
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
spellingShingle PLASTIC WASTE
MUNICIPAL WASTE
SOLID WASTE
RECYCLING
PLASTIC POLLUTION
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
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Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward
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China
description This paper lists several opportunities for China to advance MSW policies and practices. In addition to building on lessons learned from countries with decades of experience in implementing separation at source programs, including lessons on dealing with the informal sector, China’s extended responsibility systems (EPR) for different waste streams including packaging waste could be tested locally and if successful, could then be prioritized. EPR schemes could be used to introduce incentives for eco-design, create a sustainable production and consumption pattern, reduce landfilling and develop recycling and recovery channels. China could also more comprehensively test the regional approach for service delivery especially for underserved county and rural areas. There is an opportunity to deepen urban-rural integration enhance economies of scale, and improve efficiency through regional integration in waste service provision. This would not only improve the quality of service provision but support financial sustainability and help offset some of the increased financial costs for circularity. Ensuring sustainable operational financing is important to provide for public-private partnerships, a stated priority of the government; sustain earlier and current investments; and permit future development of facilities.
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title Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward
title_short Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward
title_full Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward
title_fullStr Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward
title_full_unstemmed Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy : A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward
title_sort urban and rural municipal solid waste in china and the circular economy : a brief overview and opportunities going forward
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/556871590984485921/Urban-and-Rural-Municipal-Solid-Waste-in-China-and-the-Circular-Economy-A-Brief-Overview-and-Opportunities-Going-Forward
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