With the fast growing economic progression, the solid waste disposal market of China has expanded quickly. In 2011, 131 million tons of urban waste was processed with harmless means (mainly landfill, composting and incineration), with a year-on-year growth rate of 6.27 per cent; the harmless disposal rate of household garbage hit 79.7 per cent.
Last year, the comprehensive utilization volume of industrial solid waste in China amounted to 1.952 billion tons, up 20.67 per cent year-on-year.
By 2015, the capacity of the national urban household garbage incineration facilities will hold more than 35 per cent of the total harmless disposal capacity, and in particular eastern regions’ will occupy over 48 per cent.
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