Abstract
Since Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collection and disposal has been a free public service in many Chinese cities, many local governments in China are facing the problem of insufficient funding. A number of municipal authorities in China have adopted marketisation (the Chinese equivalence for privatisation) to relieve local governments' financial burdens in solid waste management. This paper will use the experience of Guangzhou, the third wealthiest city in China, to illustrate how marketisation in waste management is being carried out, what problems it is confronting and what remedial measures are needed to sustain marketisation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 34-55 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2012 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- General
User-Defined Keywords
- China
- Contractor
- Guangzhou
- Marketisation
- MSW
- Municipal solid waste
- Solid waste management
- Waste collection