Accounting for the shortage of solid waste disposal facilities in Southern China

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan-Shan Chung ◽  
Chi-Sun Poon
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Solid Waste Disposal ◽  
Selection Decisions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Artificial Nature ◽  
Strong Control ◽  
Public Opposition

Most developed communities, such as Japan, the European Union and the USA, are experiencing a shortage of sites for waste disposal facilities (WDFs) (e.g. Alter 1991; Schall 1992; Chilton 1993; Ikeguchi 1994; Anon. 1994; Berenyi 1996; European Commission 1999). Strong control of local public bodies over site selection decisions and public opposition appear to be the chief causes (Schall 1992; Charles 1993; Capua & Magagni 2000). Recently, in the USA adequate landfill capacity has been ensured, but mainly because of the ease of planning permission for new very large regional landfills (Berenyi 1999). This further illustrates the artificial nature of waste disposal site availability.

Impacts on Health and Social Environment Among People Living near to a Solid Waste Disposal Site

Epidemiology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. S215-S216
Author(s):  
Janeth Mosquera-Becerra ◽  
Olga Gómez-Gutiérrez ◽  
Fabián Méndez
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Solid Waste Disposal ◽  
Waste Disposal Site

FACTORS AFFECTING WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES SITING IN SOUTHERN CHINA

2002 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 241-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAN-SHAN CHUNG ◽  
CARLOS W. H. LO ◽  
CHI-SUN POON
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Solid Waste Disposal ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Grass Root Level ◽  
Waste Facility

Solid waste disposal facilities have become scarce in both developed democratic and lower-income socialist states such as the mainland China. The cases of Guangzhou, Jiangmen and Dongguan are analysed to elucidate the factors for siting difficulties and the unique siting style in China. A number of factors are contributing to siting difficulties in Southern China. Irrational applications of the self-sufficient principle at local waste management, poor environmental track records of previous and existing disposal facilities have all severely restricted the supply of waste disposal sites. In addition, rapid increase in waste generation and the use of old-fashioned equipment in waste facilities are speeding up the consumption of landfill space. While the top-down approach is still the norm in waste facility siting, local governments and host communities in China can effectively block the establishment of waste facility as a result of increasing decentralisation of decision making power where even grass root level governments are granted more autonomy in decision making.

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