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Urban garbage or in industry parlance, Municipal Solid Waste, is posing a growing threat to Chinese cities.
城市垃圾,或者按照業內說法城市固體廢物,正對中國的城市產生越來越大的威脅。
It is now reported that one third of Chinese cities are beset by garbage due to limited options for MSW disposal.
據報道中國三分之一的城市現在都被有限的垃圾處理問題所困擾。
The most common approach is landfill.
而其中最常見的方法是填埋。
Issues with this practice lie in its insatiable demand for land and the slow decomposition of garbage that has been buried underground, which often takes as long as 15 years to decompose.
這樣的處理方式面臨的問題在于無法滿足對土地的需求,而且被埋在地下的垃圾分解時間緩慢,通常需要15年才能分解。
Another approach is incineration, but this can create the problem of potential air pollution.
另一種處理方法則是焚燒,但這會對空氣污染產生潛在影響。
There are greener ways to handle MSW, such as recycling.
也有著如回收等更為環保處理城市固體垃圾的方法。
But it requires classification to make it possible.
但需要分類才能使這種方法成為可能。
Chinese cities have pushed for garbage classification for years, but it has never really got off the ground.
中國城市多年來一直推行垃圾分類,但從未取得過實質性進展。
So what is the current state of affairs of garbage treatment in China?
所以中國垃圾處理面臨怎樣的現實情況?
How can we tackle this problem more effectively?
我們怎樣才能更有效地解決這一問題?
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