{"id":3647,"date":"2022-11-16T20:09:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T12:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=3647"},"modified":"2026-08-16T20:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T12:14:19","slug":"current-status-and-prospects-of-non-co%e2%82%82-greenhouse-gas-emission-reduction-in-chinas-waste-management-sector","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/insights\/current-status-and-prospects-of-non-co%e2%82%82-greenhouse-gas-emission-reduction-in-chinas-waste-management-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Status and Prospects of Non-CO\u2082 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in China&#8217;s Waste Management Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3647\" class=\"elementor elementor-3647\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85a103b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85a103b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2e1966\" data-id=\"a2e1966\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf42dfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-igdp_insight_detail_hero\" data-id=\"bf42dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"igdp_insight_detail_hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row-report1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cur cur1\">\n\t\t<a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/insights\/\">Insights<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<span>Current Status and Prospects of Non-CO\u2082 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in China&#039;s Waste Management Sector<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"m-report1 wow fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Current Status and Prospects of Non-CO\u2082 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in China&#039;s Waste Management Sector<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon3.svg);\">English<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon4.svg);\">NOV 2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon5.svg);\">Policy Brief<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon6.svg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Beyond Carbon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Summary:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">This policy brief assesses non CO\u2082 GHG emissions\u2014particularly methane and nitrous oxide\u2014from China&#039;s domestic waste and municipal sludge treatment sectors. It notes that while existing policies focus on pollution control rather than climate mitigation, the sector&#039;s emissions are projected to grow with urbanization, posing challenges for carbon neutrality. The brief highlights the potential of anaerobic digestion as a key mitigation technology, especially through co digestion of kitchen waste and sludge, and identifies barriers such as weak economic incentives, limited inter departmental coordination, and insufficient investment. It recommends strengthening policy coherence, improving the economics of waste treatment through integrated planning, leveraging carbon markets and green finance, and building robust monitoring and verification systems.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Suggested citation:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">Zhu, T., Hu, M., &amp; Mo, K. (2022). Current Status and Prospects of Non-CO\u2082 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in China&#039;s Waste Management Sector. Policy Brief. 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Nationwide | Decoding Climate Plans\u2460<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, in collaboration with the National Development and Reform Commission and 18 other departments, jointly issued the \u201cNational 15th Five-Year Plan for Climate Change Response,\u201d establishing for the first time a comprehensive, all-encompassing system of climate change response targets at the five-year planning level.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUL 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-10.09.10-PM-e1787129378935-768x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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It analyzes the uneven distribution of FLW across supply chain stages and food types, highlighting that while vegetables account for the largest share of losses, livestock products carry disproportionately high emissions intensity. The paper reviews China&#039;s evolving policy landscape, including the Anti-Food Waste Law and cold chain development initiatives, while identifying critical gaps in data infrastructure, sustainable cold chain coverage, and consumer behavior interventions. It explores the dual role of cold chain logistics\u2014reducing post-harvest losses while contributing significant energy-related and refrigerant emissions\u2014and assesses the potential of business innovations, public engagement, and food waste valorization to mitigate FLW. The paper calls for integrating FLW reduction into climate governance frameworks, proposing four priority pathways: establishing systematic FLW data systems, advancing sustainable cold chain solutions, strengthening circular utilization of food waste, and promoting green consumption patterns to unlock a cost-effective, high-potential climate mitigation opportunity.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Working Paper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUN 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-768x1084.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-1088x1536.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/insights\/agri-food-and-super-pollutants-reduction-in-china-accelerating-a-green-and-low-carbon-transition-to-unlock-co-benefits\/\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Agri-Food Super Pollutants Reduction in China<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">This policy brief analyzes reduction opportunities for &quot;super pollutants&quot; (methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, black carbon, and ground-level ozone) from China&#039;s agri-food system. It focuses on three key areas: nitrogen fertilizer use and nitrous oxide emissions, food loss and waste and associated methane emissions, and rural energy use and black carbon emissions from cooking and agricultural machinery. It synthesizes scientific literature, official statistics, and policy documents to quantify emissions, identify mitigation potential, and catalog the climate, health, economic, and social co-benefits of action. It finds that super pollutant mitigation offers &quot;triple-win&quot; outcomes\u2014climate, health, and socioeconomic\u2014and identifies three emerging opportunities: supportive national and provincial policies, expanding green finance and carbon market mechanisms, and the growing role of new agricultural business entities in driving technology adoption at scale.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Policy Brief<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">NOV 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-768x1133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-1041x1536.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/insights\/mapping-chinas-agricultural-methane-reduction-trends-and-local-actions\/\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Mapping China&#8217;s Agricultural Methane Reduction<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">This policy brief analyzes agricultural methane emissions in China. It quantifies the substantial mitigation potential through measures such as improved irrigation, adoption of low-emission rice varieties, and anaerobic digestion of livestock manure. The analysis combines national-level emission analysis, county-level spatial mapping identifying five provinces that account for one-third of total agricultural methane emissions, a systematic review of provincial methane control action plans (nine provinces as of October 2025), and case studies of on-the-ground practices in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Jiangxi. It also catalogs the multiple co-benefits of mitigation, including water savings, reduced fertilizer costs, and improved agricultural productivity.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Policy Brief<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">NOV 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.48.15-PM-768x1093.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.48.15-PM-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.48.15-PM-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.48.15-PM-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.48.15-PM-1079x1536.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.48.15-PM.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This policy brief assesses non CO\u2082 GHG emissions\u2014particularly methane and nitrous oxide\u2014from China&#8217;s domestic waste and municipal sludge treatment sectors. It notes that while existing policies focus on pollution control rather than climate mitigation, the sector&#8217;s emissions are projected to grow with urbanization, posing challenges for carbon neutrality. The brief highlights the potential of anaerobic digestion as a key mitigation technology, especially through co digestion of kitchen waste and sludge, and identifies barriers such as weak economic incentives, limited inter departmental coordination, and insufficient investment. It recommends strengthening policy coherence, improving the economics of waste treatment through integrated planning, leveraging carbon markets and green finance, and building robust monitoring and verification systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3648,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"igdp_summary":"This policy brief assesses non CO\u2082 GHG emissions\u2014particularly methane and nitrous oxide\u2014from China's domestic waste and municipal sludge treatment sectors. It notes that while existing policies focus on pollution control rather than climate mitigation, the sector's emissions are projected to grow with urbanization, posing challenges for carbon neutrality. The brief highlights the potential of anaerobic digestion as a key mitigation technology, especially through co digestion of kitchen waste and sludge, and identifies barriers such as weak economic incentives, limited inter departmental coordination, and insufficient investment. It recommends strengthening policy coherence, improving the economics of waste treatment through integrated planning, leveraging carbon markets and green finance, and building robust monitoring and verification systems.","igdp_featured_media":3648,"igdp_download_file":1637,"igdp_external_url":"","igdp_key_info":"","igdp_related_insights":[]},"insight_type":[214],"insight_region":[45],"igdp_topic":[148],"class_list":["post-3647","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","insight_type-policy-brief","insight_region-china-national","igdp_topic-beyond-carbon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insight"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3653,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3647\/revisions\/3653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"insight_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_type?post=3647"},{"taxonomy":"insight_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_region?post=3647"},{"taxonomy":"igdp_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/igdp_topic?post=3647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}