Survey of Industrial Solid Waste Management in Beijing

in 1991

Waste Production Utilization Treatment Storage Discharge
Classifications

kiloton

kiloton

%

kiloton

%

kiloton

%

kiloton

%

coal ash

115

586

51.0

141

12.3

0

0

422

36.7

coal gangue

1007

113.6

11.3

0

0

893

88.7

0

0

blast furnace slag

2876

2709

94.2

154.9

5.4

0

0

121

0.4

Tailings

1126

83.6

7.4

792.6

70.4

249.9

22.2

0

0

Cinder

1114

533

47.9

71.8

6.5

169.4

15.2

339

30.4

Industrial dust

373.2

338.9

90.8

6.3

1.7

22.2

5.9

5.8

1.6

water treatment sludge

223.9

214.8

95.9

1.5

0.7

2.6

1.1

5.1

2.3

Total    

58.1

 

14.8

 

16.9

 

11.3