期刊
WASTE MANAGEMENT
卷 144, 期 -, 页码 221-232出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.03.029
关键词
Household waste management; Waste segregation and recycling; Emerging megacities; Environmental effects; Social outcomes; Challenges and opportunities
资金
- National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore, under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [72061127004]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [YJ202138]
- EU project Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory -SPIL - Czech Republic Operational Programme Research and Development, Education, Priority 1: Strengthening capacity for quality research [CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000456]
Due to rapid economic development and urbanisation, emerging megacities are facing challenges in developing sustainable waste management systems. This study assessed the waste management modes in two selected emerging megacities, Singapore and Shanghai, and found significant differences in their management strategies, environmental effects, economic costs, and social outcomes. The research results provide insights into the long-term sustainability of each mode and the feasibility of implementation in different contexts.
Due to rapid economic development and urbanisation, emerging megacities with dense populations have witnessed a significant increase in waste generation. Megacities face challenges in developing sustainable waste management systems. Considerable heterogeneity exists across megacities in management strategies. The two selected emerging megacities, Singapore (a city-state) and Shanghai, have similar developmental characteristics, but their waste management modes differ strikingly. This study assessed the two modes in terms of management strategies, environmental effects, economic costs, and social outcomes. Environmental footprint analysis and cost quantification were employed for the assessment based on public data. The research results would permit a deeper understanding of the long-term sustainability of each mode while considering the feasibility of implementation across different contexts. It was found that the waste management system in Singapore had a relatively lower environmental impact than Shanghai before Shanghai's new waste segregation and recycling policy in 2019. However, when the effect of fossil fuel substitution is taken into account, the environmental burden in Shanghai can be lowered more substantially than the one in Singapore. Although Shanghai had more economic burden for the waste segregation at source, it tended to implement the circular economy principles (e.g., reduce, reuse, and recycling) better and improve its sense of community significantly. Based on the practical experiences from the two representative megacities, suggestions for better waste management practices were provided for Singapore, Shanghai, and other emerging megacities with similar circumstances. In addition, challenges and opportunities related to household waste segregation and recycling were identified to guide future practices in emerging megacities.
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