A Questionnaire Survey on Contaminated Site Regulators’ View of Implementing Green and Sustainable Remediation in China

Xueting Shao, Feiyu Wang, R. Paul Bardos, Yimin Sang, Yong Ren, Mingyu Qin and Hairong Wang
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Xueting Shao: Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Beijing 100035, China
Feiyu Wang: Department of Environmental Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
R. Paul Bardos: r3 Environmental Technology Ltd., Reading RG6 6AT, UK
Yimin Sang: Department of Environmental Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Yong Ren: Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Beijing 100035, China
Mingyu Qin: Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Beijing 100035, China
Hairong Wang: Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Beijing 100035, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-19

Abstract: Government contaminated site regulators, as policy executors and makers, have a profound impact on the development of green and sustainable remediation (GSR), but their cognitive level of GSR has not been well-studied. China has some experience in the management of contaminated sites and has the foundation to promote GSR. This study was conducted in the form of a questionnaire to investigate the understanding of GSR among Chinese site regulators at different levels. The study found that there was still a lot of resistance to promoting GSR in China. Firstly, even though the regulators thought GSR was necessary in China, most of them did not know GSR very well or lacked practical experience. Secondly, existing national and provincial policy standards did not have a good balance between the environmental, social and economic aspects, but gave priority to the environmental factors. Thirdly, the lack of standard and regulatory requirements was the most significant barrier to the implementation of GSR. The results of the survey can provide a reference for China or other developing countries to implement GSR. Practitioners should provide more knowledge and cases for regulators, supplement national policies or improve the provincial and municipal policy system.

Keywords: green and sustainable remediation; contaminated site; governmental regulator; questionnaire survey; environmental dimension; social dimension; economic dimension (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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