目前我国各地小城镇的垃圾,一般多已直接用作肥料;大城市垃圾的利用虽然较差,但也有一部分已经用作肥料。如上海市年产垃圾133万吨,1954年用作肥料的为32万吨,占总量的24%,而且利用量逐年增加。过去各地农民利用垃圾的方法,是把垃圾经过简单分类,剔除不能用作肥料的东西,然后堆积堆肥,腐熟后直接施用,这是最简便经济的利用方 At present, the garbage in small towns and cities throughout our country are mostly directly used as fertilizer. Although the utilization of garbage in the big cities is relatively poor, some have been used as fertilizers. For example, Shanghai Municipality produced 1.33 million tons of rubbish per year and used 32 million tons of fertilizer in 1954, accounting for 24% of the total amount, and its utilization has been increasing year by year. In the past, peasants used trash in various places to classify their rubbish simply by removing the things that could not be used as fertilizers and then composting them for compost and direct application after they were decomposed. This is the easiest and most economical means of utilization