Shanghai officials say the city’s mandatory waste-sorting program has shown “remarkable achievements” after more garbage was diverted from landfills than originally anticipated. Since July 1, ...

SHANGHAI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- As Shanghai starts mandatory garbage sorting on Monday, games and toys that explore fun ways to spread garbage sorting knowhow are gaining popularity among young people. A ...

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 volunteer helps sort domestic waste at a community in Chaoyang district in Beijing in May 2021. LI XIN/XINHUA . Despite ...

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 ...

Despite standout success in a few major cities, China's national garbage sorting campaign remains in its infancy in many other cities, with the practice yet to take hold among many residents, ...