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

Ming-Hui Zhou; Shui-Long Shen; Ye-Shuang Xu; An-Nan Zhou

doi:10.3390/ijerph16173099

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

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 26;16(17):3099. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173099.

Authors

Ming-Hui Zhou¹, Shui-Long Shen², Ye-Shuang Xu¹, An-Nan Zhou³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean, and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
² Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology (Shantou University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China. slshen@sjtu.edu.cn.
³ Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Victoria 3001, Australia.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: MSW classification; Shanghai; implementation; policy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Cities
Environmental Policy*
Local Government
Organizational Case Studies
Pilot Projects
Refuse Disposal / legislation & jurisprudence*
Solid Waste / classification*
Waste Management / legislation & jurisprudence*

Substances

Solid Waste