The volume of waste produced in China has been continuously increasing in the last decade. In 2019, the volume of waste disposed at incineration power plants in China amounted to approximately 121 million tons.
Volume of waste handled in China in 2019, by facility type (in million metric tons)
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Statistics on Solid waste in China
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global waste generation outlook by region 2016-2050
- Premium Statistic Amount of disposed waste in China 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Volume of urban solid waste produced in China 2018-2019, by type
- Premium Statistic Volume of waste disposed in China 2019, by method of disposal
- Premium Statistic Forecasted volume of industrial solid waste in China 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Forecasted market size of waste handling in China 2018-2024
Industrial and muncipal waste
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- Premium Statistic Global population and MSW generation shares by key country 2018
- Premium Statistic Volume of urban industrial solid waste in China 2018-2019, by handling way
- Premium Statistic Volume of urban industrial solid waste produced in China 2019, by leading city
- Premium Statistic Share of urban industrial solid waste in China 2018-2019, by handling way
- Premium Statistic Volume of municipal waste produced in China 2019, by leading city
- Premium Statistic Volume of municipal waste handled in China 2015-2018
Hazardous waste
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- Premium Statistic Dangerous waste disposal volume in China 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Nuclear waste volume in China 2018-2020, by receiving repository
- Premium Statistic Share of hazardous industrial solid waste in China 2018-2019, by handling method
- Premium Statistic Capacity of large dangerous waste central incineration facilities in China 2012-2018
- Premium Statistic Revenue of large dangerous waste central incineration facilities in China 2012-2018
Incineration and landfill
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- Premium Statistic World's biggest dump sites 2019
- Premium Statistic Number of waste incineration facilities in China 2011-2018
- Premium Statistic Energy produced from renewable municipal waste in China 2010-2020
- Premium Statistic Waste incineration operation market size in China 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of sanitary landfills in China 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Annual volume of waste disposed at sanitary landfills in China 2011-2018
Citizen awareness
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- Premium Statistic Policy suggestions to reduce plastic use in China 2019
- Premium Statistic Individual actions to reduce plastic use in China 2019
- Premium Statistic Responsibility for reducing plastic use in China 2019
- Premium Statistic Share of reused solid industrial waste as targeted by "Made in China 2025" 2013-2025
Further related statistics
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- Capacity share of waste incineration plants in China 2018, by type of entity
- Annual volume of waste disposed at incineration power plants in China 2011-2018
- Capacity share of state-owned waste incineration plants in China 2016-2018
- Capacity share of private waste incineration plants in China 2016-2018
- Capacity share of foreign waste incineration plants in China 2016-2018
- Waste incineration construction plants market size in China 2016-2021
- Waste incineration facilities capacity factor in China 2015-2021
- Waste incineration equipment market size in China 2016-2021
- LA collected EfW incinerated waste in London, England 2000-2019
- Licensed landfill area of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan 2007-2016
- Capacity of waste-to-energy power plants in the United Kingdom 2014-2021
- Power generation of waste-to-energy in the United Kingdom 2015-2021
- Number of waste-to-energy power plants in the United Kingdom 2014-2021
- Daily waste disposal volume South Korea 2019, by type of method
- Fossil CO2 emissions from waste-to-energy in the United Kingdom 2017
- Volume of metal in MSW disposal at landfills in Hong Kong 2020, by type
- Average daily special waste disposal at landfills in Hong Kong 2020, by type
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Statistics
- Capacity share of waste incineration plants in China 2018, by type of entity
- Annual volume of waste disposed at incineration power plants in China 2011-2018
- Capacity share of state-owned waste incineration plants in China 2016-2018
- Capacity share of private waste incineration plants in China 2016-2018
- Capacity share of foreign waste incineration plants in China 2016-2018
- Waste incineration construction plants market size in China 2016-2021
- Waste incineration facilities capacity factor in China 2015-2021
- Waste incineration equipment market size in China 2016-2021
- LA collected EfW incinerated waste in London, England 2000-2019
- Licensed landfill area of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan 2007-2016
- Capacity of waste-to-energy power plants in the United Kingdom 2014-2021
- Power generation of waste-to-energy in the United Kingdom 2015-2021
- Number of waste-to-energy power plants in the United Kingdom 2014-2021
- Daily waste disposal volume South Korea 2019, by type of method
- Fossil CO2 emissions from waste-to-energy in the United Kingdom 2017
- Volume of metal in MSW disposal at landfills in Hong Kong 2020, by type
- Average daily special waste disposal at landfills in Hong Kong 2020, by type
National Bureau of Statistics of China. (August 23, 2021). Volume of waste handled in China in 2019, by facility type (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026306/china-volume-of-waste-handled-by-type-of-disposal/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "Volume of waste handled in China in 2019, by facility type (in million metric tons)." Chart. August 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026306/china-volume-of-waste-handled-by-type-of-disposal/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. (2021). Volume of waste handled in China in 2019, by facility type (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026306/china-volume-of-waste-handled-by-type-of-disposal/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "Volume of Waste Handled in China in 2019, by Facility Type (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026306/china-volume-of-waste-handled-by-type-of-disposal/
National Bureau of Statistics of China, Volume of waste handled in China in 2019, by facility type (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026306/china-volume-of-waste-handled-by-type-of-disposal/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Volume of waste handled in China in 2019, by facility type (in million metric tons) [Graph], National Bureau of Statistics of China, August 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026306/china-volume-of-waste-handled-by-type-of-disposal/