HHW to enable the proposal and development of an effective
HHW management system.
Therefore,we planned and implemented a case study to quantify
the generation and characteristics of HHW from 240 urban residential households in Suzhou, a typical developed city on China’s eastern coast. A tracking survey was conducted for one week in each
season from the summer of 2011 to the spring of 2012, followed
by modeling and extrapolation of HHW generation. Based on these
analyses,we attempted to identify the current state of the HW generation stream and then to provide suggestions for promoting HHW
management in China. This report describes an original systematic
tracking survey of HHW analysis in a Chinese city over a four-stage
survey period.The results of this study will provide a benchmark for
the discussion of China’s HHW generation and will also help officials
to plan strategies designed to manage China’s HHW.