A Research On The Public Service Supply For The Disposal Of Solid Wastes In Rural Areas

Nowadays the solid wastes in rural areas have become an increasingly serious problem. The annual produce of solid wastes in rural areas amounts to170.116million tons nationally. Such a large amount of solid wastes not only damage people’s visual senses and moods but also pollute the environment, contaminate air, soil and water. The most serious consequence is that those wastes are very likely to induce various kinds of diseases which pose great threats to people’s health. Therefore, it is of highly practical significance and profound historical importance to appropriately deal with solid wastes in rural areas. Firstly, it will accelerate the modernization of agriculture, drive forward the construction of new socialist countryside and realize the grand blueprint of a wild China. Secondly, it can provide peasants with a clear environment for living and producing and thus raise their happiness index. Moreover, it helps to advocate the value of fairness and justice. Finally, it can boost scientific development and promote social harmony.As an agricultural and a populous province, Henan is typical in the disposal of solid wastes in rural areas and reflects the problems our country faces in the supply of public services for disposal of rural solid wastes and environmental protection. The writer selects ten administrative villages in Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Jiaozuo, Shangqiu, Pingdingshan, Anyang and Xinyang of Henan Province as research samples and investigates public service supply for the disposal of solid wastes in these villages in the respect of management style, fund investment, basic infrastructure, processing mode and environmental protection awareness. After site investigations, some problems are found in the public service supply in rural areas for the disposal of solid wastes compared to that of cities. The problems are that the supply system is not comprehensive, the scale is not large enough and the quality is not high, etc. They are manifested in several aspects:weak function of environmental protection of local governments, unvoiced environmental protection interest of peasants, lack of autonomous organizations for environmental protection, imperfectness of environment protection law, the opposite relationship between financial power and administrative power, lack of emphasis and insufficient investment, absence of environmental protection function of village commission, valuing investment construction and real entities for public service and neglecting management, maintenance and "soft" public service.In order to solve those problems, a government-oriented and diverse supply system should be created. In addition, we should continue to intensify the supply of public service for the disposal of solid wastes in rural areas and improve the quality of the service. As for the solution of the problems, three ideas are put forward in this article. Firstly, peri-urban rural areas should be integrated into the urban sanitation system. Secondly, government commissions other sectors to purchase hazardous wastes. Thirdly, urban-rural integration mode of waste disposal should be established.