An effective system for recovering recyclable waste from households in China Ant Recovery's bottom-up scheme in Changchun city

An effective system for recovering recyclable waste from households in China : Ant Recovery's bottom-up scheme in Changchun city

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Veröffentlicht in:Waste management (New York, N.Y.). - 1999. - 139(2022) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 352-361
1. Verfasser: Steuer, Benjamin (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Li, Huijie
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article China Formalisation Household waste recovery Informal recycling sector Institutions Recycling rate Solid Waste
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Zusammenfassung:Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
In light of China's rising environmental governance focus on household waste recycling, this article analyses a novel recyclable waste recovery scheme, Ant Recovery, in Changchun, Jilin Province. In contrast to other recyclable waste collection systems, Ant Recovery emerged as a bottom-up venture established by members of the informal recycling sector in cooperation with the local recycling association. To assess the scheme's performance, the analysis uses field research data obtained over 21 days of observatory and questionnaire surveys at one of Ant Recovery's mobile collection points. Based on data from 1,501 documented recyclable waste transactions, the analysis indicates a median recovery rate of 438.4 kg/hour at the surveyed recovery station. Extended to the entire scheme's network in Changchun, the figure extrapolates to 2,034.6 metric tons/day, which approximates to roughly 94% of waste recyclables generated by the city's households. These achievements essentially result from two factors: (1) A beneficial policy environment established by central and local regulations and (2) AR's operational compatibility with daily routines and profit orientation of waste recyclable delivering stakeholders. In comparison to many other recycling systems in China, the alternative model in Changchun appears to be indigenous with little requirement for novel organisational structures or high capital/ overhead costs
Beschreibung:Date Completed 31.01.2022
Date Revised 31.01.2022
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1879-2456
DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.12.039