Shanghai expands garbage sorting plan
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="requiring">requiring</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="additional">additional</span> 400,000 <span word="households">households</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> 2,000 <span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="recycling">recycling</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="formally">formally</span> <span word="implementing">implementing</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="household">household</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="reduction">reduction</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="May">May</span> 1 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="Under">Under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="measures">measures</span>, <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="divided">divided</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="categories">categories</span>: <span word="recyclable">recyclable</span> <span word="materials">materials</span>, <span word="hazardous">hazardous</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>, <span word="wet">wet</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>. <span word="Residents">Residents</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="categories">categories</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="of">of</span> 400,000 <span word="households">households</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 2.45 <span word="million">million</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2013, 2.05 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="households">households</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="to">to</span> 0.7 <span word="kilograms">kilograms</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="capita">capita</span> <span word="from">from</span> 0.82 <span word="kg">kg</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Greenery">Greenery</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Sanitation">Sanitation</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="capita">capita</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="volume">volume</span> <span word="to">to</span> 0.66 <span word="kg">kg</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="legislative">legislative</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="household">household</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="alters">alters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regulates">regulates</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>' <span word="behaviors">behaviors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dealing">dealing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span>," <span word="Gu">Gu</span> <span word="Changhao">Changhao</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="legislative">legislative</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span> <span word="office">office</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Over">Over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="summed">summed</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="experiences">experiences</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="practices">practices</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="classification">classification</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="effective">effective</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Lu">Lu</span> <span word="Yuexing">Yuexing</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Greenery">Greenery</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Sanitation">Sanitation</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span>.</p>
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