Comparative analysis of the contribution of municipal waste management policies to GHG reductions in China

Zhe Liu; Yueying Xu; Michelle Adams; Weili Liu; Tony R. Walker; Teresa Domenech; Raimund Bleischwitz; Yong Geng

doi:10.1177/0734242X221135259

Comparative analysis of the contribution of municipal waste management policies to GHG reductions in China

Zhe Liu, Yueying Xu, Michelle Adams, Weili Liu, Tony R. Walker, Teresa Domenech, Raimund Bleischwitz, Yong Geng

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Waste generation and disposal have been a global issue for decades. The total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2019 were 49,758 MtCO₂e with waste disposal accounting for 3.2%. With rapid urbanization trends, municipal solid waste (MSW) has become a global challenge which needs to be addressed. A large fraction of MSW such as food wastes, e-waste among others still ends up with unregulated dumps or openly burned in low-income countries. As a response, China initiated the ‘zero-waste’ pilot program which has been running since 2019. To investigate the potential contribution of MSW management to GHG reductions, this study selected four ‘zero-waste’ cities in China, namely Shenzhen, Panjin, Xining and Tongling, as case studies to assess the impacts of different MSW management policies on GHG reductions from 2015 to 2019. Results demonstrated that Shenzhen city achieved progress in reducing GHGs, which decreased by more than 40% between 2015 and 2019. This study provides policy recommendations and waste management approaches and practices to optimize MSW management and reduction of GHGs.

Original language	English
Journal	Waste Management and Research
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X221135259
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2022

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The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by the Advanced Program of Scientific Activities in Shaanxi Province for Scholars Studying Abroad (79900000000008); Shaanxi Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Fund (2022ND0305) granted by Shaanxi Provincial Social Science Association, Natural Science Foundation of China (32001217), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1904500, 2019YFC1908501), Youth Talent Fund from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (11304222010705).

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Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution

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