China started small-scale trials of waste sorting in 2000, but landfill sites and unmanaged waste continued to encircle cities and local people protested plans to build more incinerators. Gradually, ...

A man looking for recyclable materials from trash cans walks against strong winds blowing on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, April 17, 2011. Credit: AP Photo There is an unending selection of restaurants ...

SHANGHAI — Since July 1, Mao Defeng and her husband have had to work from before dawn until well after sunset every day. Employed as sanitation workers by a residential complex in downtown Xuhui ...

China has mandated recyclable packaging under its updated solid waste management framework, placing stricter obligations on ...

China’s war on garbage is as digitally savvy as the country itself. Think QR codes attached to trash bags that allow a municipal government to trace exactly where its trash comes from. On July 1, the ...

SANYA, June 30. /TASS/. The Sanya authorities will introduce mandatory household waste sorting system starting from October 1, reported by the Hainan Daily. According to the publication, the city’s ...

Celine Suiwriting for the South China Morning Post, Aug. 5: Shanghai’s waste sorting system adds yet another level to surveillance in China. In 2018, the city rolled out smart recycling ...

HANGZHOU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Wang Aifen starts her day with a simple act of green living, placing a bag of waste into a smart sorting bin as her phone pings, "Your disposal has been recorded." With ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s waste-energy plants are running out of rubbish to burn, as slowing consumption, a declining population ...