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Page 36extra fee for sorting will be added. Commercial generators pay the fees associatedwith the collection and disposal. For the residents, payment of the collection anddisposal ofwastes is accomplished through the purchase of bags.Jingshan municipality might follow the USEPA's PAYT (Pay as you throw) program.The residents under this program are asked to pay for each container of waste theygenerate. It gives them an incentive to reduce waste, and it can be very effectivethrough the practices in SOfie American communities. (Janice L. Canterbury &Gordon Hui, 1999)During the study visiting to Kristianstad Biogas Waste Treatment Plant, the paperbags made by special material in order to be easily shredded by shredder are preferredto be used to contain organic waste. The paper bag could be help to keep organicwaste dry and slow down the natural decomposing procedure. The plastic bag can beused to plit the other waste. In order to lessen the burden on residents, the stores suchas grocery, drog and convenience stores might be set up a program in which theywould sell the both above plastic and paper bags without profit.Installing waste treatment plantIf feasibility studies show us the installation of biogas waste treatment plant is aproper choice for Jingshan, the following work should be to design the plant,construction, investigating and choosing the relevant equipment, train workers and soon.Key problems which will be solved through carrying out the short-term solution:Organic waste contributes 65% of Jingshan's municipal solid waste might be mostlyseparated and treated. Except the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, theorganic waste of local food industry and farms could be carried to the compostingwaste treatment plant as a good material source.I8.3 Long-term SolutionHigher Degree of sorting waste like industrial countriesFor the long-term solution, higher degree sorting can be suggested to carry out inJingshan. Since the composition of municipal solid waste from different sectors suchas household, street and commercial are different, especially in terms of paper andbrick and so on, for instance, paper waste in office area should be much more thanthat in street garbage. And street garbage might be contain more brick, tile, and dustthan that in waste of household and commercial sectors. So this three sectors' waste isstrongly suggested to be separated in order to simplify the following treatment.