Wastewater Emission Reduction by China’s Industrial Imports of and Its Influencing Factors

Xie, Wangsong; Zhu, Qihong

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/730/1/012060

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“…Various driver analysis models were used in these studies. Typical models include input-output models (Lin and Xie, 2016;Xie and Zhu, 2020;Yan et al, 2016;Zhang et al, 2017), regressive models (AhAtil et al, 2019;Charfeddine and Kahia, 2019;Khan et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2019c), the computable general equilibrium model (Wu et al, 2019), the IPAT (I = human impact, P = population, A = affluence, T = technology) model (Chang et al, 2018;Dong et al, 2016;Kumar and Stauvermann, 2019;Qu et al, 2017;Song et al, 2018;Tomkiewicz, 2010), the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence and Technology model (Duan et al, 2020;Shao et al, 2010;Tang et al, 2019), the Laspeyres method (Li et al, 2017;Shang et al, 2016), the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method (Wen and Li, 2020;Yang et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2020), clustering analysis (Wang et al, 2020a), system generalized method of movements (AhAtil et al, 2019) and the EKC model (Al-Mulali et al, 2016;Feng and Ye, 2012;Liu et al, 2018;Rahman et al, 2020aRahman et al, , 2020cYang and Xie, 2015).…”

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Environmental Kuznets curve, balanced growth, and influencing factors: evidence from economic development in China

2023

IJCCSM

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Purpose The aggregate index and per capita index have different meanings for some countries or regions. CO2 emissions per capita matters for China because of its huge population. Therefore, this study aims to deepen the understanding of Kuznets curve from the perspective of CO2 emissions per capita. In this study, mathematical formulas will be derived and verified. Design/methodology/approach First, this study verified the existing problems with the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) through multiple regression. Second, this study developed a theoretical derivation with the Solow model and balanced growth and explained the underlying principles of the EKC’s shape. Finally, this study quantitatively analyzed the influencing factors. Findings The CO2 emission per capita is related to the per capita GDP, nonfossil energy and total factor productivity (TFP). Empirical results support the EKC hypothesis. When the proportion of nonfossil and TFP increase by 1%, the per capita CO2 decrease by 0.041 t and 1.79 t, respectively. The growth rate of CO2 emissions per capita is determined by the difference between the growth rate of output per capita and the sum of efficiency and structural growth rates. To achieve the CO2 emission intensity target and economic growth target, the growth rate of per capita CO2 emissions must fall within the range of [−0.92%, 6.1%]. Originality/value Inspired by the EKC and balanced growth, this study investigated the relationships between China’s environmental variables (empirical analysis) and developed a theoretical background (macro-theoretical derivation) through formula-based derivation, the results of which are universally valuable and provide policymakers with a newly integrated view of emission reduction and balanced development to address the challenges associated with climate change caused by energy.

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Environmental Kuznets curve, balanced growth, and influencing factors: evidence from economic development in China

2023

IJCCSM

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“…As for the impact of metal smelting on industrial wastewater discharge and pollution, many studies have shown that metal smelting also produces a substantial amount of industrial wastewater during the smelting process due to the consumption of copious amounts of industrial cooling water (Yuan et al, 2017;Xie and Zhu, 2020). At the same time, the industrial wastewater produced by metal smelting contains numerous heavy metals, which have a significant impact on aquatic organisms, crops, and soil (Okereke et al, 2016;Fiorentino et al, 2019;Ilyas et al, 2019).…”

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The impact of metal waste imports on industrial wastewater discharge in China

Chen

Yan

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Once the world’s largest waste importer, China alleviated the shortage of raw materials in its related industries; however, such activity incited more prominent ecological and environmental problems. Based on several major sample databases from 2003 to 2006—including the China Industry Business Performance Data, Customs Trade Database, and scrap metal commodity data from Harmonized System code catalogues—this paper establishes a city-level panel data model and a mediation effect model to examine the impact of scrap metal imports on industrial wastewater discharge in China as well as the mechanism of this impact. Furthermore, this paper analyses the impact of scrap metal imports on Chinese enterprises’ pollution fees from the perspective of enterprises to ensure the robustness of results based on the China Industry Business Performance Data in 2004. Results show that scrap metal imports significantly increase industrial wastewater discharge in China and exacerbate environmental pollution. Specifically, results indicate that if scrap metal imports increase by 1%, wastewater discharge will significantly increase by approximately 0.015–0.198 percentage points. In terms of the impact mechanisms, by driving the development of metal smelting, scrap metal imports have increased both the metal smelting rate in total industrial output and cities’ reliance on metal smelting, which has significantly increased industrial wastewater discharge in China. Finally, the robustness test demonstrates that increasing metal waste imports will significantly increase the discharge of pollutants by Chinese industrial enterprises, thereby increasing their pollution fees. Specifically, the results of the Ordinary Least Square and IV 2SLS model indicate that if scrap metal imports increase by 1%, industrial enterprises’ pollution fees will significantly increase by 1.081–11.3 million yuan. On the premise of protecting the environment, the Chinese government can import recyclable scrap metal commodities such as high-grade waste copper and aluminium that can meet the product quality standards for enterprises. Additionally, the Chinese government should raise the standards of the metal smelting and recycling industries, reduce the discharge of industrial waste water, and strive to improve the ecological environment.

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Wastewater Emission Reduction by China’s Industrial Imports of and Its Influencing Factors

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Environmental Kuznets curve, balanced growth, and influencing factors: evidence from economic development in China

Environmental Kuznets curve, balanced growth, and influencing factors: evidence from economic development in China

The impact of metal waste imports on industrial wastewater discharge in China

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