Regulations on the Administration of Domestic Waste in Shanghai came into effect on July 1, 2019. This shows that Shanghai is carrying out the most ambitious garbage revolution in history, with the ...

Discovering the proper classification for each piece of household waste before disposaland dodging fines of up to 50,000 yuan ($7,200)has become as simple as snapping a photo on your smartphone or ...

A boy disposes of garbage in the Bund, a landmark in Shanghai, on June 30. Photo: CFP Liu Yi (pseudonym), a female Beijing resident, has a source of joy these days - listening to her Shanghai friends ...

Shanghai’s new rules are believed to be the strictest so far, pushing waste producers to separate their rubbish into four types – household food, followed by recyclable, hazardous and residual waste.

SHANGHAI, March 18 -- Shanghai plans to completely classify household garbage by 2020, according to an implementation scheme published by the municipal government online. The government said that by ...

Since Shanghai rolled out its latest waste-sorting rules on July 1, municipal regulators have been launching high-tech measures to complement follow-up supervision and management. One community in ...

Shanghai will tighten its enforcement of rules requiring household waste be sorted and take steps to promote recycling, the city’s mayor, Ying Yong, announced on Sunday. The announcement came during ...

Several weeks after the launch of Shanghai’s much-applauded compulsory waste sorting initiative, the eco-friendly policy has seen a not-so-green result, with a surge in plastic consumption that has ...