Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is one of the most challenging issues in Chinese urban cities due to huge quantities of solid waste generation. Unit pricing has been widely used as an efficient tool for waste management among many countries. The main aim of this study is to look into the applicability of unit pricing policy in current Chinese society and to pre-evaluate this policy. This case study presents an assessment of the existing situation of municipal solid waste management in Shijiazhuang Community. Dillman Approach is used to randomly survey 1000 households for their consumer behavior, their attitude toward unit pricing policy and their own thoughts about waste management. 480 effective questionnaires were returned for data collection and analysis. Based on the qualitative analysis of our Data we provide policy recommendations to successfully implement unit pricing and provide a new unit pricing model specific to the studied Chinese city. --Leaf i.
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