For a long time, the garbage problem in rural areas does not get enough attention. In most rural areas, the construction of garbage disposal facilities is almost blank. Besides, the mechanism of garbage disposal is extremely inadequate, and the dirty and messy garbage pollution is widespread. This paper analyzes the situation of the rural household garbage disposal and the harm of household garbage, aiming to propose some countermeasures in order to solve the problem of household garbage pollution in rural areas.

The related literatures in recent 20 years in China were reviewed. Research stage, content, area, and methods are analyzed. Research depth, range, method and case selection have been made progress, however, there still exist many problems. Research content is richer, but there are imitation and repeated researches. Some research contents are insufficient, such as resource combination and community participation integration, analysis of participation background, analysis of community environment, and the analysis of social culture influence. The countermeasures are not enough. The selected regions are widely but they are relatively concentrated, so the choice has certain limitations. The research method is mainly qualitative research, and less of quantitative research. It focused on description and theory analysis, so the method is single and the technical means is less.