The municipal solid waste (MSW) in China has increased at a rate of 8-10% in recent years (Bie et al., 2007) due to the fast growth of the economy. It is expected by the REDP project (2005) that 210 million tonnes of MSW can be used in 2020 for methane production. Recently, the use of waste oil for biodiesel is very popular especially in south China. However, lack of accessible resources significantly blocks the further development of the biodiesel industry. Meanwhile, some other ways of using MSW for energy were analyzed in 2005 (Li et al., 2005) and using MSW for landfill gas (LFG) was considered as having great potential.

China Industrial Waste Management, Inc. is well positioned to serve this market need as a comprehensive environmental services and solutions provider. For example, recently an energy efficiency center has been established in Dalian to provide our customers with consulting ser­vices, such as energy auditing of buildings and industrial plants, energy management programs, municipal energy efficiency planning, and other related services.

China Industrial Waste Management, Inc. is engaged in the collection, treatment, disposal and recycling of industrial wastes principally in Dalian and surrounding areas in Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China through its 90%-owned subsidiary Dalian Dongtai Industrial Waste Treatment Co., Ltd. (“Dongtai”) and other indirect subsidiaries. Dongtai treats, disposes of and/or recycles many types of industrial wastes, and recycled waste products used by customers as raw material to produce chemical and metallurgy products. In addition, Dongtai treats or disposes of industrial waste through incineration, burial or water treatment, and provides environmental protection services, technology consultation, pollution treatment services, waste management design processing services, waste disposal solutions, waste transportation services, onsite waste management services, and environmental pollution remediation services.

China is the world’s largest producer of MSW, producing over 223 million tonnes in 2008, and this is growing by 8-10% annually. The country produced 1.9 billion tonnes of industrial waste in 2008, an 8.3% increase from 2007, and of which 13.6 million tonnes were classified as hazardous waste. The predominant method of treatment is disposal by landfill, which accounts for about 80% of total treated MSW, followed by incineration and composting. However, faced with problems with upgrading landfills, most cities’ landfills in China are not categorized as sanitary, with less than 10% meeting international standards. Thus, the key direction for many cities is incineration, especially for cities, which are more economically developed and have more capital to build incineration facilities, especially on the east coast.

4.1.1 Wood processing remainders

Currently, over 3 million hectares of firewood forest is available in China, thus acquiring 80 to 100 million tonnes biomass with high heating value. As for shrub forest, it covers the area of over 45 million hectares. Firewood forest, shrub harvest and forest greenery may produce 0.1 billion tonnes biomass, thus offering 0.3 billion tonne biomass fuel in the forest industry alone.