Chapter 18
Building a Recycling-Oriented Society
Through Collaboration Between Urban
and Rural Areas: Sustainable Domestic
Waste Treatment “Pujiang Model”
Kyungah Cheon, Chong Zhang, Xuepeng Qian, and Weisheng Zhou
Abstract With the rapid development of Chinese rural economy, the consumption
has also achieved an incredible increase in rural areas. As a result, the waste problem
has become a topic of concern for all. However, the existing approach to waste
disposal remains problems including a high transfer cost and underutilized
resources. Therefore, we focused on and analyze “the household waste disposal
system model in Pujiang,” which is an approach to dispose waste in a rural area and
has achieved certain results. The result shows this approach is a usage of new publicprivate partnership (PPP) model which solved the disadvantage of the conventional
PPP model. The new PPP model means the government purchases public service
from the enterprise and could built a partnership between public and private involving more participation of local people. In this research, we evaluate the cooperation
among the administration, the enterprises, and residents in Pujiang model from the
perspectives of economy, environment, and society. Depended on the evaluation, we
summarize the features of the model as following and make recommendations for
promoting the model to other areas in China. The features of Pujiang model could be
concluded in following six aspects: (1) waste reduction and recycling (organic
fertilizer mainly); (2) waste collection and processing cost reduction; (3) soil restoration and improvement of agricultural production environment; (4) areas such as
new tourist spots and places to visit economic promotion; (5) improvement of
K. Cheon
Research Center for Sustainability Science, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
C. Zhang
Zhejiang Gabriel Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, China
X. Qian
College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Oita, Japan
e-mail: qianxp@apu.ac.jp
W. Zhou (*)
College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
e-mail: zhou@sps.ritsumei.ac.jp
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Building a Recycling-Oriented Society
Through Collaboration Between Urban
and Rural Areas: Sustainable Domestic
Waste Treatment “Pujiang Model”
Kyungah Cheon, Chong Zhang, Xuepeng Qian, and Weisheng Zhou
Abstract With the rapid development of Chinese rural economy, the consumption
has also achieved an incredible increase in rural areas. As a result, the waste problem
has become a topic of concern for all. However, the existing approach to waste
disposal remains problems including a high transfer cost and underutilized
resources. Therefore, we focused on and analyze “the household waste disposal
system model in Pujiang,” which is an approach to dispose waste in a rural area and
has achieved certain results. The result shows this approach is a usage of new publicprivate partnership (PPP) model which solved the disadvantage of the conventional
PPP model. The new PPP model means the government purchases public service
from the enterprise and could built a partnership between public and private involving more participation of local people. In this research, we evaluate the cooperation
among the administration, the enterprises, and residents in Pujiang model from the
perspectives of economy, environment, and society. Depended on the evaluation, we
summarize the features of the model as following and make recommendations for
promoting the model to other areas in China. The features of Pujiang model could be
concluded in following six aspects: (1) waste reduction and recycling (organic
fertilizer mainly); (2) waste collection and processing cost reduction; (3) soil restoration and improvement of agricultural production environment; (4) areas such as
new tourist spots and places to visit economic promotion; (5) improvement of
K. Cheon
Research Center for Sustainability Science, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
C. Zhang
Zhejiang Gabriel Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, China
X. Qian
College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Oita, Japan
e-mail: qianxp@apu.ac.jp
W. Zhou (*)
College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
e-mail: zhou@sps.ritsumei.ac.jp
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
W. Zhou et al. (eds.), East Asian Low-Carbon Community,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4339-9_18
321