Domestic And International Comparative Study Of City Life Solid Waste Management Model

As the fast development of the urbanization and the growth of GDP, there is and will be more and more demands for energy consumption. In the meantime, it also creates a growing number of municipal solid waste (MSW), especially in the recent years, MSW has experienced a dramatic increase. Due to the economic, social and environmental pressure resulting from MSW and inappropriate disposal, countries has began to consider MSW seriously in the process of city management. Some developed countries, such as America and Japan has formed successful MSW management system which necessary for China to learn and borrowed considering our own situation. Therefore, the development and optimization of MSW management is needed to solve the present pollution problems and improve the energy efficiency from the angle of waste handling. On the basis of the former research, the author summarized the management system of America, Japan and Brazil and analyzed the factors that influencing the construction of various countries. Then through comparative analysis using data and cases between China and Foreign countries, the author concluded as follows:MSW management is a system of theories and methods about how to manage MSW formed by the government on the basis of experiences, including mission, instruments and ways to dispose. And the basic factors of social, political and economical, cost and effect and market mechanism are the ones influencing countries for choosing different kinds of management. That explains why America adopts management centered by market, Japan goes with the development of its society and Brazil formulates its own CEMPRE model.By comparing the management of foreign countries and China, the author works on transporting the possible and available experiences from America, Japan and Brazil to optimize China's MSW management. Problems of China's MSW management system are insufficient supportive of laws and government, mixed responsibilities among several departments, lacking of participation of stakeholders and unsystematic disposal system. Finally, the author provides recommendations on how China can improve the efficiency of its own MSW management systems.