ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of Synergy Degree among Process
of Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management
in Harbin, China
			
	
 
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				School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University,
Harbin 150001, China; No. 145 Nantong Street, Nangang District, Harbin, China
				 
			 
						
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				School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240, China; No. 800 Dongchuan RD, Minhang District, Shanghai, China
				 
			 
						
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				China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240, China; No. 800 Dongchuan RD, Minhang District, Shanghai, China
				 
			 
										
				
				
		
		 
			
			
			
			 
			Submission date: 2021-06-08
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Final revision date: 2021-08-14
			 
		 		
		
		
			
			 
			Acceptance date: 2021-08-30
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Online publication date: 2021-12-21
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Publication date: 2022-01-28
			 
		 			
		 
	
							
										    		
    			 
    			
    				    					Corresponding author
    					    				    				
    					Zhujie  Chu   
    					School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 1954 Huashan, 200030, Shanghai, China
    				
 
    			
				 
    			 
    		 		
			
																	 
		
	 
		
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(1):871-882
		
 
 
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ABSTRACT
Integrated Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is the foundation step for improving the
efficiency of MSW management and satisfying the urban environment sustainability requirements.
Therefore, this study aims to identity the weakness in the process of integrated MSW management,
and support approaches to an effective integrated MSW management according to practice of the
city governance. In this paper, the MSW management synergy system with four subsystems (MSW
separation, MSW collection, MSW transportation, and MSW disposal) has been constructed in
Harbin, China. Synergy degree model is used to calculate the order degrees of the subsystems and the
synergy system from 2010 to 2019, and then study the synergistic development and orderly evolution
trend of MSW management. The results indicate that the order degrees of the subsystems all develop
to an ordered state, and the order degree of the MSW transportation subsystem of integrated MSW
management synergy system in the study area improved continuously. Meanwhile, the order degree of
the MSW separation subsystem developed slowly, staying at a relatively low level overall, indicating
that MSW separation should be paid close attention to in Harbin.