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eISSN: 2083-5906
ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Quantifying Ecological Compensation
for Cross-Regional Transfer of Industrial
Hazardous Waste: A Case Study
in Wenzhou, China
1
Nanxun Innovation Institute, Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou, 310018, China
2
Zhejiang Ecological Environment Group Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310012, China
Submission date: 2025-10-23
Final revision date: 2026-01-23
Acceptance date: 2026-01-27
Online publication date: 2026-05-06
Corresponding author
Yinfeng Xia
Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Xuelin Str., 310018, Hangzhou, China
Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Xuelin Str., 310018, Hangzhou, China
KEYWORDS
industrial hazardous materialecological compensationecosystem services valuecrossregional transferdisposal capacity
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Industrial hazardous waste (IHW) comes in a wide variety of types and is difficult to dispose
of completely on a local scale. Cross-regional cooperation is an effective way to achieve the optimal
allocation of resources. This study constructs an ecological compensation framework for the crossregional
transfer of IHW, based on the generation and disposal status in Wenzhou, the utilization rate
of disposal capacity, and the associated ecological environmental losses, development opportunity
losses, and disposal costs. The results revealed that Wenzhou has sufficient capacity for IHW disposal,
but the utilization rate is only 40%. Implementing the cross-regional transfer and disposal of IHW is
conducive to utilizing the idle disposal capacity of Wenzhou and optimizing the resource allocation in
the surrounding areas. Ecological compensation standards for various IHW were quantified. Among
them, the incineration process requires the highest ecological compensation standard, which amounts to
1,629 CNY/t. The type of IHW with the largest disposal capacity in Wenzhou is HW17,
and its recommended ecological compensation standard is 633.6 CNY/t. Full utilization of this
disposal capacity can generate over 145 million CNY in ecological compensation income.
This ecological compensation framework provides reasonable compensation standards and guidance
for the cross-regional transfer of IHW and has strong applicability.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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