Recycling sustainability of waste paper industry in Beijing City: An analysis based on value chain and GIS model

Yang, Guang; Zhou, Chuanbin; Wang, Wenlai; Ma, Shuhua; Liu, Hongju; Liu, Yijie; Zhao, Zhilan

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2020.03.013

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“…Similarly, the average composition of MSW was calculated by combining household, commercial and institutional wastes at regional level which showed that the fraction of organic waste was the first highest, paper and paper products waste was the second highest and plastics waste was the third highest in all three regions. There is a huge potential for paper and plastic recycling due to their advantages of energy and material saving and pollution reduction, compared with primary paper and plastic production (Yang et al, 2020). The figures in various municipalities suggest good prospects in the composting industry, as well as in the recycling industry, that will help boost the circular economy.…”

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Quantification and characterization of the municipal solid waste for sustainable waste management in newly formed municipalities of Nepal

Pathak¹,

Mainali

Abuel-Naga

et al. 2020

Waste Manag Res

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This study was conducted to set up a new reference line for municipal solid waste quantification and characterization in the least urbanized cities of a developing nation. A survey was run to collect baseline data from 60 new municipalities of Nepal. The study covered a sample size of 3300 households, 600 institutions and 600 commercial establishments in those municipalities. The municipalities were further stratified according to geographical location, the degree of urbanization, household expenditure and population size to assess the influence on waste generation. The results indicated that the average per capita household waste generation is 115 g day-1 while the average total municipal waste generation was estimated to be 180 g day-1 per capita.The study also revealed that size of municipal population, geographic location, household expenditure and degree of urbanization were found to have a significant influence on the unit waste generation. The larger the size of municipal population the higher the per capita household waste generation, degree of urbanization and per capita waste production. Increasing household expenditure revealed an increase in the unit waste generation. The waste categories included organic waste, plastics, paper and paper products, textiles, rubber and leather, metals, glass, and others. The results indicated that organic waste dominated the characterization (62%), followed by plastics (12%) and paper/paper products (11%).

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Section: Municipal Waste Compositionmentioning

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Quantification and characterization of the municipal solid waste for sustainable waste management in newly formed municipalities of Nepal

Pathak¹,

Mainali

Abuel-Naga

et al. 2020

Waste Manag Res

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“…These are significant results for the following reasons. Firstly, there is increasing interest in the informal sector and secondary literature has for some time been discussing options for its integration into the formal system (Chen et al, 2018;Fei et al, 2016;Gu et al, 2016;Xue et al, 2019;Yang et al, 2020). The analysis in this paper has shown that there are indeed ways to integrate the IRS within a semi-formalised scheme.…”

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“…Although various subfields of China's CE offer potential examples, this paper reviews field research evidence that the author gathered on the informal sector in China's urban recyclable waste collection. Research on this particular segment, its capacities and organisational structure, has increased over recent years (Fei et al, 2016;Gu et al, 2016;Tong and Tao, 2016;Xue et al, 2019;Yang et al, 2020); however, little attention has been given to why the informal recycling sector (IRS) manages to maintain its operations in urban China. Acknowledging the diversity of potential explanatory factors, the key argument here is that the IRS has secured its existence simply by trialling and maintaining effective rule systems.…”

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Identifying effective institutions for China’s circular economy: Bottom-up evidence from waste management

Steuer

2020

Waste Manag Res

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The present article centres on institutions, that is, systems of rules that guide behaviour and interaction of socio-economic actors, and their role in advancing China’s circular economy (CE), particularly in waste management (WM). Since the early 2000s, state and non-state actors in China have begun to explore CE ideas in WM resulting in a multitude of related patterns and schemes. In regard to why such systems exhibit different degrees of effectiveness, it appears that much is determined by the institutional arrangements within. Based on several years of field research in China, the article identifies and analyses key institutional ingredients for effective outcomes. Methodologically, these components are identified via an analytical model incorporating WM performance indicators and a framework for assessing interest inclusiveness. Empirically, the analysis is applied to case study findings on the informal and semi-formalised recycling sector in Beijing and Changchun. The resulting findings are synthesised into an evaluation matrix: it indicates which effective informal institutional elements in waste collection and pre-processing allow for a translation into formal systems. The so-demonstrated convertibility indicates a substantial potential for the innovation of current formal WM systems in urban China.

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“…As a case study, the sustainability of waste paper recycling was analysed for Beijing city (Yang et al, 2020 ), and the results indicated that informal recycling accounted for nearly 80% of waste paper recycling. This showed an increase in the price of waste paper resale from waste pickers to middle recyclers and onward to informal recyclate distribution sites (IRDS) and finally to paper recovery enterprises.…”

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“…In addition, the average distance from the city centre (waste source) to distribution sites for informal recyclate has increased from 27.5 to 40.9 km, and the number of these sites has decreased from 27 to 11. Each stakeholder in the supply chain still receives a net profit, which means that the value chain for wastepaper recycling can be regarded as sustainable (Yang et al, 2020 ). A nontrivial challenge would come if the recycling cost keeps growing in the future according to the scenario analysis (Yang et al, 2020 ).…”

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The waste ban in China: what happened next? Assessing the impact of new policies on the waste management sector in China

Song

McLellan

Liu³

et al. 2021

Environ Geochem Health

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The 2017 ban on the waste import and new policies for the waste management sector in mainland China had wide-spread impact. After decades of poor environmental and public health impacts from the sector, a study is needed which focuses on policies updates and waste management. This provides a direction for the survival of local waste management industries and consider similarities with the ban promulgated in China on the restriction of waste import from other countries. We review the waste management situation in China before national legislation prevented the import of waste, highlight the status of landfill mining in China, and review the dynamics of domestic policies before and after the promulgation of the ban in China. The impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the waste management system is starting to emerge, providing both challenges and opportunities for the sector in China. We see the impact of the ban on the range of imported waste and domestically generated materials. The ban results in price increases for domestic recycling that forces companies to introduce more formal recycling processes and to drive the consumption behaviours to more reasonable and environmentally friendly options. The driver in China is to reduce pollution in the environment and improve health, but a negative impact has been from increased landfill mining which has impeded the original aim of the waste ban and requires further technological development. The dynamic of domestic policies in China shows higher level of activity of updates and revisions or introduction of new policies from 2015 onwards and the concept of ‘zero waste cities’ brings new hope for improvement of the Chinese waste management system. The pandemic also suggests an important step to establish sustainable management systems despite evidence of increased “fly-tipping”. The rebound of the waste ban may have stimulated in the short term negative impacts on local environments both in China and internationally.

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Recycling sustainability of waste paper industry in Beijing City: An analysis based on value chain and GIS model

Cited by 23 publications

References 34 publications

Quantification and characterization of the municipal solid waste for sustainable waste management in newly formed municipalities of Nepal

Quantification and characterization of the municipal solid waste for sustainable waste management in newly formed municipalities of Nepal

Identifying effective institutions for China’s circular economy: Bottom-up evidence from waste management

The waste ban in China: what happened next? Assessing the impact of new policies on the waste management sector in China

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