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Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management Sector



This study highlighted the lack of incineration facilities in Beijing and Shanghai in spite of increasing waste generation.

Tentative policy implications from this sub-sector study are following: to increase recycling/ reuse rate of MSW & to develop more effective policy strategies; and to reduce food waste generation & its utilization. In case of Beijing & Shanghai, need for new facilities, policy instruments, and citizen participation are emphasized. For Seoul, the suggestion are to increase the operation rate of incineration plants (current rates: 36%); and to benchmark the operation of Tokyo incineration plants.







Policy Recommendation

Due to the delay in data collection, the final report of the analysis of this sector has not been available at the time of writing this report. The data has already been obtained and the result of analysis using that data will be included in the final project report which will be published in FY2003.

Tentative policy recommendation from this sectors analysis are the following:

All mega-cities:
  • To increase recycling/ reuse rate of MSW & to develop more effective policy strategies.
  • To reduce food waste generation & its utilization.
Beijing & Shanghai:
  • Need new facilities, policy instruments, & citizen participation.
Seoul:
  • To increase the operation rate of incineration plants (current rates: 36%).
  • To benchmark the operation of Tokyo incineration plants.
Tokyo:
  • To refer to LFG utilization in Seoul.



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