毕业论文之城社区居民垃圾分类的影响因素研究外文文献.doc

Comparison research on waste classification between China and the EU, Japan, and the USA ? Abstract Waste and waste management have become significant global issues and common challenges that we face. Efficient and effective waste management is an essential part of civilized society. A good waste classification system is the foundation and precondition for efficient waste management. In this paper, waste classification systems in China, the EU, Japan and the USA are reviewed for collection, transportation and treatment sectors. Comparison analysis results show that waste classification methods are diversified and process-oriented classification, substance-oriented and hazardous properties classification principles are widely adopted for waste generation and transportation. For waste treatment process, all the countries and regions adopt similar classification methods based on follow-up treatment process. In general, the EU and Japan all have established their own integrated waste classification system. However, the EU’s macro–micro integration waste classification systems are more suitable for China to learn which process-oriented waste classification is used for declaration and registration at the micro-level and substance-oriented waste classification system for environmental statistics at the macro-level. Keywords: Waste classification; Process-oriented; Source-oriented; Hazardous property ; Environmental management Introduction In China, waste means articles and substances in solid, semi-solid, or gaseous state in containers that are the result of production, living and other activities and have lost their original use values or are discarded or abandoned though haven’t yet lost use values, and articles and substances that are included into the management of solid wastes upon the strength of administrative regulations [ HYPERLINK /article/10.1007/s10163-013-0190-1/fulltext.html \l CR1 1]. Although definitions of waste and what falls into wa