a case study of municipal solid waste management in the ... - lumes

Page 19In Jingshan, there are a total of four garbage transfer stations, each of them is roughlywith 20ton capacity. Olle ofthem is shown in Figure 5. This particular station is deanand without strong bad smell, which is rather rare in China.-. '-..-.........-- /';~~ - .--"Figure 5. The Garbage Transform Station for Jingshan's MunicipalSolid Waste6.3 Why to Choose Jingshan as Case StudyIn China, the waste problems are common in most of the cities and towns. WhyJingshan's municipal solid waste management is chosen as cage study, becausethrough the investigation to Jingshan, the following facts have been discovered:. Jingshan ranked the first place of hygiene (sanitation) competition in the mediumand small cities ofHubei Province in1999.. "No Fragmentary Waste on Ground" which means every family must lise bags tocontain household waste and plit in the drop-off sites is the big progress which theJingshan municipality made in this first halfyear.. Jingshan Municipality is highlyaware of the environmental problems which theyare facing and will face. The local regulations on waste collection andtransportation facilities such as drop-off sites or house, are basically completed.