CHINA’S INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT APPROACH SHOWS NEW KEENNESS FOR GREENER DISPOSAL METHODS
July 1st, 2009
BY MARK GODFREY
COMMUNIST Party cadres from around China are being bussed out to Asuwei landfill in Beijing's Changping suburb to view a showcase for how China wants to manage waste in the future. As China urbanises, its solid waste output has been climbing by 9% a year, said Rasmus Reinvag, co-author of a recent China environmental sector report by the WWF conservation group and Norwegian-government owned development group Innovation Norway.
Keen to show off environmental credentials in the run up to last year's 'Green' Beijing Olympics, city authorities ...
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