A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization
Recently Xiamen (China) has encountered various challenges of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) such as lack of a complete garbage sorting and recycling system, the absence of waste segregation between organic and dry waste at source, and a shortage of complete and clear information about the...
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| author | Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Lo, Waihung Singh, Deepak Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan Avtar, Ram Hwang, Goh Hui Albadarin, Ahmad B. Kern, Axel Olaf Shirazian, Saeed |
| author_facet | Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Lo, Waihung Singh, Deepak Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan Avtar, Ram Hwang, Goh Hui Albadarin, Ahmad B. Kern, Axel Olaf Shirazian, Saeed |
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| description | Recently Xiamen (China) has encountered various challenges of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) such as lack of a complete garbage sorting and recycling system, the absence of waste segregation between organic and dry waste at source, and a shortage of complete and clear information about the MSW generated. This article critically analyzes the existing bottlenecks in its waste management system and discusses the way forward for the city to enhance its MSWM by drawing lessons from Hong Kong's effectiveness in dealing with the same problems over the past decades. Solutions to the MSWM problem are not only limited to technological options, but also integrate environmental, legal, and institutional perspectives. The solutions include (1) enhancing source separation and improving recycling system; (2) improving the legislation system of the MSWM; (3) improvement of terminal disposal facilities in the city; (4) incorporating digitization into MSWM; and (5) establishing standards and definitions for recycled products and/or recyclable materials. We also evaluate and compare different aspects of MSWM in Xiamen and Hong Kong SAR (special administrative region) under the framework of ‘One Country, Two Systems’ concerning environmental policies, generation, composition, characteristics, treatment, and disposal of their MSW. The nexus of society, economics of the MSW, and the environment in the sustainability sphere are established by promoting local recycling industries and the standardization of recycled products and/or recyclable materials. The roles of digitization technologies in the 4th Industrial Revolution for waste reduction in the framework of circular economy (CE) are also elaborated. This technological solution may improve the city's MSWM in terms of public participation in MSW separation through reduction, recycle, reuse, recovery, and repair (5Rs) schemes. To meet top-down policy goals such as a 35% recycling rate for the generated waste by 2030, incorporating digitization into the MSWM provides the city with technology-driven waste solutions. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-954672022-05-31T12:45:06Z http://eprints.utm.my/95467/ A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Lo, Waihung Singh, Deepak Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan Avtar, Ram Hwang, Goh Hui Albadarin, Ahmad B. Kern, Axel Olaf Shirazian, Saeed TP Chemical technology Recently Xiamen (China) has encountered various challenges of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) such as lack of a complete garbage sorting and recycling system, the absence of waste segregation between organic and dry waste at source, and a shortage of complete and clear information about the MSW generated. This article critically analyzes the existing bottlenecks in its waste management system and discusses the way forward for the city to enhance its MSWM by drawing lessons from Hong Kong's effectiveness in dealing with the same problems over the past decades. Solutions to the MSWM problem are not only limited to technological options, but also integrate environmental, legal, and institutional perspectives. The solutions include (1) enhancing source separation and improving recycling system; (2) improving the legislation system of the MSWM; (3) improvement of terminal disposal facilities in the city; (4) incorporating digitization into MSWM; and (5) establishing standards and definitions for recycled products and/or recyclable materials. We also evaluate and compare different aspects of MSWM in Xiamen and Hong Kong SAR (special administrative region) under the framework of ‘One Country, Two Systems’ concerning environmental policies, generation, composition, characteristics, treatment, and disposal of their MSW. The nexus of society, economics of the MSW, and the environment in the sustainability sphere are established by promoting local recycling industries and the standardization of recycled products and/or recyclable materials. The roles of digitization technologies in the 4th Industrial Revolution for waste reduction in the framework of circular economy (CE) are also elaborated. This technological solution may improve the city's MSWM in terms of public participation in MSW separation through reduction, recycle, reuse, recovery, and repair (5Rs) schemes. To meet top-down policy goals such as a 35% recycling rate for the generated waste by 2030, incorporating digitization into the MSWM provides the city with technology-driven waste solutions. Elsevier Ltd 2021 Article PeerReviewed Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono and Lo, Waihung and Singh, Deepak and Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan and Avtar, Ram and Hwang, Goh Hui and Albadarin, Ahmad B. and Kern, Axel Olaf and Shirazian, Saeed (2021) A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization. Environmental Pollution, 277 . p. 116741. ISSN 0269-7491 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116741 |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Lo, Waihung Singh, Deepak Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan Avtar, Ram Hwang, Goh Hui Albadarin, Ahmad B. Kern, Axel Olaf Shirazian, Saeed A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization |
| title | A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization |
| title_full | A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization |
| title_fullStr | A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization |
| title_full_unstemmed | A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization |
| title_short | A societal transition of MSW management in Xiamen (China) toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization |
| title_sort | societal transition of msw management in xiamen china toward a circular economy through integrated waste recycling and technological digitization |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
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