China is implementing “Garbage Classification” action

Tong, Yeqing; Liu, Jiafa; Liu, Sizhe

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113707

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“…China (Tong et al, 2020). In essence, ER is closely linked to TI, which is a crucial determinants for 93 EE.…”

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Dynamic environmental regulation threshold effect of technical progress on green total factor energy efficiency: evidence from China

Gao

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Sustainability is a strategic choice for the transition to a green economy in China. Improving green total factor energy efficiency (GTFEE) is the key to realizing the dual targets of energy saving and economic growth. This paper assesses the nonlinear influence of environmental regulation (ER) on technical innovation (TI) affecting GTFEE by establishing a dynamic panel threshold model using panel data of 271 prefecture-level cities in China from 2004-2016. Meanwhile, a system GMM approach is used to verify the channels through which TI affects GTFEE. Finally, the spatial and temporal characteristics of TI affecting GTFEE are analyzed from the perspective of ER. The empirical results are as follows: (1) TI can significantly improve GTFEE, and there is a threshold characteristic of this improvement effect, when ER is above the threshold value, TI has a greater improvement effect on GTFEE. (2) Besides directly influencing GTFEE through green technical innovation effect, TI can also indirectly influence GTFEE via channels such as economic growth effect, industrial structure upgrading effect and foreign investment effect, and the indirect influence channels show ER heterogeneity. (3) The number of cities crossing the threshold of ER in China increases year by year, which helps TI play a role in improving GTFEE, but there are still a small number of cities that do not cross the threshold during the sample period, which should attract the attention of local governments.

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“…China (Tong et al, 2020). In essence, ER is closely linked to TI, which is a crucial determinants for 93 EE.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamic environmental regulation threshold effect of technical progress on green total factor energy efficiency: evidence from China

Gao

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Oftadeh et al [32] applied a two-player ultimatum game to mitigate the regional water conflicts between environmental reclamation and economic satisfaction, indicating ecological compensation is useful to coordinate the above two criteria and conduct efficient watershed water allocation. Such implication was further validated by Aghasian et al [33], who proposed a bankruptcy form of the game theory model to 2 Complexity enhance watershed water quality management through ecological compensation incentivizing emissions trading. Sheng et al [34] constructed a three players' evolutionary game to model the conflicts involved in environmental regulations, by which the governmental supervision was identified as the effective mean to strengthen the regulations.…”

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“…Rapid urbanization has witnessed an increasing generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) in developing countries [1]. China, as a developing country with a large population, produces over 400 million tons of MSW annually, which gives rise to a remarkable issue as "besieged by waste" [2]. To mitigate such consequence, incineration is taken as an important alternative for waste treatment, beneficial not only for waste reduction, but also for energy recovery [3].…”

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An Evolutionary Game Theoretical Analysis to Conflicts among Stakeholders Involved in the Operation of Municipal Waste Incineration

Zhao

Huang

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This study presents an evolutionary game to model interactions among stakeholders with potential conflicts, including the operational enterprise of incineration plant, the local government, and the residents nearby. System dynamics is used to simulate the change of strategic actions corresponding to the three players, in order to seek for the evolutionary stability strategies. A numerical case is proposed to demonstrate the game theory application, in which the impacts of governmental incentive and punishment on the player’s actions are investigated. The results indicated that administrative penalty is effective not only in motivating the enterprises to upgrade treatment facilities for ensuring environmental quality but also in helping the local government and residents to approach dominant strategies. Policy implications are given based on the results to lay out a foundation for the alleviation of the conflicts.

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“…Aware of the severity of environmental impacts from MSW treatment, the central and local Chinese governments have been developing strategical and tactical policies, laws and regulations, to improve the environmental performances of the municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems. For instance, Regulations on The Management of Domestic Garbage in Shanghai will be officially implemented as a mandatory garbage classification in Shanghai, and China plans to establish a nationwide garbage classification and processing system in 46 domestic cities [3]. As of the time of writing this paper, over 40 Chinese cities have set up pilot zones to promote garbage sorting and recycling [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

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Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Garbage-Classification Based Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: A Comparative Case Study in China

Yujun¹,

Li²,

Zhai³

2020

IJERPH

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Confronted with a series of problems caused by surging generation of municipal solid waste (MSW), the Chinese central and local governments have promulgated and implemented policies to deal with them, including promotions of the classification of MSW. However, to date, practical knowledge and understanding about benefits for garbage classification from its environmental performance perspective is still limited. The present study is purposed to comprehensively investigate the environmental effects of garbage classification on municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems based on three proposed garbage classification scenarios in China, via a comparative life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). Taking advantage of Impact Assessment of Chemical Toxics (IMPACT) 2002+ method, this comparative LCIA study can quantitatively evaluate midpoint, endpoint, and single scored life cycle impacts for the studied MSWM systems. A Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis is carried out to test the effectiveness and reliabilities of the LCIA results. The LCIA and uncertainty analysis results show that MSWM systems based on various garbage classification scenarios have significant variations in the studied midpoint, endpoint, and single scored environmental impacts. Different garbage classification scenarios have their individual environmental-friendly superiority for specific impact categories. Overall, results of this study demonstrate that MSW treatment systems integrated with garbage classification are more environmentally friendly by comparison with non-classification; and that the more elaborate the level of MSW classification, the smaller its impacts on the environment.

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China is implementing “Garbage Classification” action

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Dynamic environmental regulation threshold effect of technical progress on green total factor energy efficiency: evidence from China

Dynamic environmental regulation threshold effect of technical progress on green total factor energy efficiency: evidence from China

An Evolutionary Game Theoretical Analysis to Conflicts among Stakeholders Involved in the Operation of Municipal Waste Incineration

Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Garbage-Classification Based Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: A Comparative Case Study in China

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