Survey of composition and generation rate of household wastes in Beijing, China

摘要: It is recognized that information on both quantity and composition of residential waste important for the effective planning household handling infrastructure. In this paper, we present results a survey generation in Beijing, China. Sample communities were selected by integration five indices including family population, income, age, education. Wastes sampled daily basis from 113 households six different districts Beijing City ten days. The showed rate wastes was 0.23 kg/pers/day. bulk density approximately 221 kg/m(3), moisture content 50%. Household consisted kitchen waste, paper/cardboard, plastics, textiles, metals, glass other wastes, proportion each 69.3%, 10.3%, 9.8%, 1.3%, 0.8%, 0.6% 2.7%, respectively. An evaluation relationship between per capita socio-economic factors indicated size income negative with (kg/pers/day). As effect education, families secondary educational level produced fewer (kg/pers/day) than those primary or advanced level.