The recent amendment to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution clearly states in the General Rules that the whole country implements the policy of municipal solid waste source segregation Additionally, considering the 57^th article that the local administration in charge of environment and sanitation is responsible for the resource recovery and pollution control of food waste, food waste then formally becomes a formal physical component in the waste management system. Since the generation sources of rural food waste disperse it is more preferable to treat rural food waste and utilize the treatment product in situ for returning organics into fields and nutrients recycling. Therefore, a series of treatment technologies special for rural food waste have been developed. However, these technologies lead to some new problems related to environmental sanitation and economic efficiency. This study analyzes the technical features and problems involved in the scale-up treatment facilities for rural food waste, and puts forward some suggestions for improvement so as to establish a basis for improvement and standardization of the related technologies.

rural household waste  /  remediation of rural environment  /  food waste  /  resource utilization