MSW management for waste minimization in 台湾

WasteManagement26(2006)

661–667

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Countryreport

MSWmanagementforwasteminimizationinTaiwan:

Thelasttwodecades

Li-TehLu

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a,*

,Teng-YuanHsiaob,Neng-ChouShanga,Yue-HwaYua,Hwong-WenMa

a

GraduateInstituteofEnvironmentalEngineering,NationalTaiwanUniversity,71,Chou-ShanRoad,10660Taipei,Taiwanb

DepartmentofTourismIndustry,Jin-WenInstituteofTechnology,99,Ann-ChungRoad,231TaipeiCounty,Taiwan

Accepted12October2005Availableonline7December2005

Abstract

Taiwanisthesecondmostdenselypopulatedcountryintheworld;its22.604millionresidents(2002)liveinanareaof35,967km2(628people/km2).TaiwanÕseconomyhasgrownrapidlyduringthelast20years,resultinginacorrespondingincreaseintheamountofmunicipalsolidwaste(MSW).ThisstudydescribesandevaluatesthemunicipalsolidwastemanagementsysteminTaiwan.ThestudyÕsresultsindicatethattheamountofMSWbegantodeclineafter1997,whenthegovernmentenforcedaggressiveMSWmanagementpolicies.By2002,totalMSWproductionhaddroppedby27%,andtheaveragedailypercapitaweightofMSWhadfallenfrom1.14kgin1997to0.81kgin2002.SummarizingthesuccessfulexperienceofMSWreductioninTaiwan,themostimportantfactorwasthegovernmentÕscombiningoftheMSWcollectionsystemwithreduction/recyclingprograms.Thesecondmostimportantfactorwasthepolicyofextendedproducerresponsibility,whichlaidafoundationofrecyclingbyproducersandretailersandpromotedpublicrecycling.

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1.Introduction

Municipalsolidwaste(MSW)managementisaglobalproblem.Discoveringhowtoutilizewastereductionandresourcerecyclingprogramse ectivelyhasbecomeaprior-ityinrecentyears(Annegrete,2001).Theincreasingpro-ductionofMSWhasreachedthepointatwhichchangesmustbemade,includingtheimplementationofwastemin-imizationprograms(AgapitidisandFrantzis,1998).MSWminimizationhasbeenplacedatthetopofthesolidwastemanagementhierarchy(BaiandSutanto,2002).MSW

Abbreviations:C&C,controlandcommand;DSD,dualessystemDe-utschland;EPR,extendedproducerresponsibility;GNP,grossnationalproduct;LCIA,lifecycleinventoryassessment;MSW,municipalsolidwaste;OECD,organizationforeconomiccooperationanddevelopment;PE,polyester;PET,polyethyleneterephthalate;PP,polypropylene;PS,polystyrene;PVC,polyvinylchloride;VCF,volume-basedcollectionfee.*

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minimizationconsistsoftwobasicoperations:sourcesreductionandrecycling(Hopperetal.,1993).

ToassessMSWmanagementsystems,asimpleindicatortosimulatethee ectsofMSWmanagementsystemsacrossdi erentregionswasadopted.Assessmentofanoptimalwastedisposalsystemshouldutilizeanumberofstandardindicators(Hasomeetal.,2001).Wilson(2002)evaluatedthestrategies,systems,operations,andeconomicfactorsofMSWmanagementsystemsinothercountries.Wilsonadoptedthelifecycleinventoryassessment(LCIA)tocom-pareenvironmentalloadingsfordi erentregulationspro-posedforMSWmanagement.ChinaÕswastedisposalissuesincludesoil,air,andwaterpollution;mixed-wastecollection;impropermanagement;inadequateequipmentandtraining,andthepublicÕslackofunderstandingofthedisposalsystem(Wang,2001a).Thee ectoftheseunre-solvedissuesisthatnearlyhalfofChinaÕswasteisbeingdumpedontheoutskirtsofcities,resultinginsubstantialenvironmentalpollution(Wang,2001b).Inaddition,adescriptionandanalysisofMSWmanagementinTaiwan