China Ministry of Construction started a Netherlands Government's grant project named with 'Development and Demonstration of Feasible Technologies for Environmental Infrastructure in China's Western Small Cities' in 2003.And establishing a technical guide for domestic refuse disposal is one of the project components.In order to perform the project well

investigations were made into the current situation of domestic refuse disposal over selected representative small towns in Sichuan

Yunnan and Shanxi provinces which are located in western areas of China

and existing problems in design and construction

management

environmental monitoring

staff training and investment are analyzed.Some suggestions

mainly including setting up a national special fund for western domestic refuse disposal

moving toward integrated domestic refuse management system

establishing a particular technical guide of domestic refuse disposal suitable for western small cities and implementing charge system

are proposed in the end.