Technical Policies for the Municipal Refuse Disposal and the Prevention and Control of Pollution. Country/Territory China Document type Miscellaneous Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Solid waste Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste management Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of these Technical Policies is to guide the technological development for the disposal of urban consumer waste and to prevent and control pollution by enhancing the level of the Municipal Refuse disposal. Refuse means solid wastes from urban everyday life. These policies treat matters related to reducing refuse, actively developing the comprehensive utilization of refuse, collecting and transporting refuse, sanitary landfill disposal, incineration disposal and compost disposal. Full text English/Chinese