A Review on Municipal Household Waste Classification Behavior in China

Ming Ding

School of Management, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, China

Abstract: With the development of urbanization in China, rural residents move to the central cities continuously. The rapid growth of the population has brought the development of the city, but it also made a series of urban problems, such as a significant increase in municipal household waste. In recent years, in order to improve the reduction, recycling and harmlessness of household waste, the government has issued a series of policy measures, which included the municipal household waste classification. Residents’ participation in classification and recycling of municipal household waste is a critical factor for the success of municipal household waste management. Through the literature review, this paper concluded that the research on municipal household waste classification in Chins has undergone four stages. Based on the characteristics of these four stages, this paper analyzed the public policy of municipal household waste classification and summarized the influence factors of municipal household waste classification behavior in China. The results of this study could provide the research framework for the future.

Keywords: Waste classification behavior; Influence factors