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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Indonesia's Danantara has picked China's Wangneng Environment and Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection as its partners.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched a pilot program to create "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by ...

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 ...