Sorting out a problem: A co-production approach to household waste management in Shanghai, China

Lü, Hongmei; Sidortsov, Roman

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2019.06.020

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“…Different types of waste will be transported by different kinds of specified waste transportation vehicles [4]. Thousands of waste transportation vehicles have been deployed to collect and transport the waste in a timely manner [20,24]. Figure 2 presents four typical waste transportation vehicles in Shanghai.…”

Section: Policy and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Promotional slogans, posters, and videos on MSW classification are presented in newspapers, magazines, televisions, and internet. Brochures are sent to citizens, and promotional activities have been held in the past two years in Shanghai [21,24,26]. Now, the significance of MSW classification has been recognized among citizens of Shanghai [24].…”

Section: Policy and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Brochures are sent to citizens, and promotional activities have been held in the past two years in Shanghai [21,24,26]. Now, the significance of MSW classification has been recognized among citizens of Shanghai [24]. Figure 3 shows brochures, a poster, television video, and a scenario of a promotional activity.…”

Section: Policy and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(3) Specialist guidance. Volunteers or temporarily hired people, most of whom are enthusiastic retirees, are trained and assigned to some waste collection points to guide citizens to correctly classify waste [21,24,28]. Figure 5 shows a volunteer working at a waste collection point in Huangpu District, Shanghai.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(4) Incentive methods. Green Accounts, which function as an incentive mechanism, have been widely distributed to Shanghai’s citizens [21,24,29,30]. Figure 6 shows a Green Account card and an automated credit–goods exchange machine of the Green Account in a residential community in Shanghai.…”

Section: Policy and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New Policy and Implementation of Municipal Solid Waste Classification in Shanghai, China

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Shen

et al. 2019

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To promote sustainable development, the Chinese government launched a new municipal solid waste (MSW) classification strategy in 2017. Shanghai was selected as one of the first pilot cities for MSW classification. The Shanghai municipal government first established the new MSW classification policy in 2017. The Shanghai Municipal Solid Waste Management Regulation was published in 2019 and came into effect on 1 July 2019. This short communication reports on Shanghai’s new MSW classification policy and its implementation. The main content and measures adopted by Shanghai’s government to ensure the effective implementation of the new MSW classification policy are introduced. Besides, a SWOT (i.e., strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis on the present policy and measures is conducted, and based on the results, some discussions and suggestions regarding the implementation of MSW classification in Shanghai and the whole of China are presented.

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Section: Policy and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Policy and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%