Analysis of Solid Waste Treatment and Management in Typical Chinese Industrial Parks with the Goal of Sustainable Development and Future Suggestions

Lu Yu (), Sichen Chen and Zhe Tan
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Lu Yu: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, No.100, Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China
Sichen Chen: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, No.100, Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China
Zhe Tan: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, No.100, Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: Solid waste disposal and management have become a global problem, which is particularly tricky in China with its large population and rapid urbanization. This study focused on the disposal status of multi-source solid waste as well as the park management of some typical cities of China. Firstly, the main technical methods for solid waste disposal were summarized as follows: landfill, incineration, anaerobic digestion and aerobic compost. Secondly, the network analysis method was applied to seek an optimized method for solid waste disposal and management. Thirdly, typical demonstration parks for solid waste disposal and management were analyzed to study their respective operating modes and strategies for synergistic development in terms of resources, environment and economy and to explore the sustainable development potential of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao operating mode. The results showed that the collaborative disposal and recycling of solid waste are important for cities (especially megacities) to achieve resource conservation and environmental protection. The NIMBY effect and environmental pollution risks caused by decentralized construction could be reduced through the construction of circular industrial parks. Advanced technologies and the national policy for solid waste disposal and recycling in industrial parks of small–medium cities, large–medium cities and megacities were systematically analyzed so as to explore a self-operating management mode of industrial parks. Finally, reasonable suggestions, such as sharing, saving and cycling and propaganda education, as well as green and low-carbon solutions were put forward for solid waste disposal and management in typical industrial parks, effectively resolving the contradiction between economic development and environmental protection so as to help urban sustainable development.

Keywords: multi-source solid waste disposal; Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA); industrial park management; network analysis; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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