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, ...

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 ...

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, ...