【Report】

Current Situation and Prospects for Urban Solid Waste in China

Wang Qunhui*,**, Sun Xiaohong*, Li Guojin* and Hiroaki I. Ogawa**
* Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
** Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
† Correspondence should be addressed to Hiroaki I. Ogawa:
Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
（2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, 808-0196 Japan）


Abstract
This paper introduces the current situation for urban China's production and disposal of solid waste, and analyzes the problems that China is facing with regard to urban solid waste disposal. The results suggest comprehensive treatment and utilization of urban solid waste through resource recovery, legal and social mechanisms, and industrialization. Due to present conditions, future progress for a wide variety of technologies that deal with urban solid waste disposal will take place, along with development of the relevant industries.


Key words: urban solid waste disposal, commercialize, resource, countermeasures