Chongqing Municipal Environmental Sanitation Monitoring Center released on January 6, the reduction of carbon emissions from household waste across Chongqing from January to November 2019. The data released suggests a prominent effect of the city’s efforts on carbon emission reduction: 906,700 tons of carbon emissions from household waste were reduced in Chongqing during the reporting period, a 17.24% increase year on year.

Waste classification and treatment station

According to the Chongqing Urban Management Bureau, the city has made efforts on household waste landfill and waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies to push forward the reduction of carbon emissions from household waste. The city’s capability in simple disposal and recycling application of household waste has been remarkably improved.

Waste transport

In the downtown and west area of Chongqing, for example, in January-November 2019, 173,700 tons of carbon emissions from household waste were reduced by landfill, down 29.15% year on year; and 512,600 tons of carbon emissions from household waste were reduced by WTE process, up 61.42%.

This year, the fourth waste incineration plant (Luoqi Waste Incineration Power Plant) in downtown Chongqing will be put into use, said the bureau. By then, 100% of wastes in downtown Chongqing will be processed by WTE plants, thus achieving zero landfills of raw refuse. That means Chongqing will further enhance the reduction of carbon emissions from household waste.