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End-of-pipe waste treatment made known to public |
2019-12-12
Garbage bins for the four kinds of waste
A group of local lawmakers, political advisers, students and residents visited the city’s first waste classification ecological park in Nanshan District on Tuesday, the Shenzhen Economic Daily reported yesterday.
The activity, under the theme of “Where Does the Waste Go,” was aimed at familiarizing residents with end-of-pipe waste treatment and galvanizing more people to engage i
Incentive scheme launched for garbage sorting |
2019-11-22
Residents in housing estates who have performed well in implementing garbage sorting will be considered for receiving awards, according to the Futian District Urban Administration and Law Enforcement Bureau, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
Reidents take a look at a garbage classification bin.
The district will implement a rating system to assess garbage classification efforts in residential estates based on three asp
Technologies make garbage sorting easier |
2019-11-15
A woman plays a garbage sorting game at the 21st China Hi-Tech Fair on Thursday. [Photo by Yang Mei/Shenzhen Daily]
THE garbage sorting campaign is now in full swing across the country, but many people still find it a headache to put all the different kinds of waste into the right bins. However, it won’t be a problem at the ongoing 21st China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) as companies are showcasing their latest technologies and product
City to collect kitchen waste at fixed times |
2019-10-31
THE city may collect kitchen waste from households, canteens or eateries at fixed time periods every day, according to draft amendments on the city’s garbage classification that were handed to lawmakers for second review Tuesday.
At the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth Municipal People’s Congress, it was announced that the city will collect and transport garbage after it is discarded at fixed time periods ev
Incentives for garbage sorting to take effect Nov. 1 |
2019-10-18
Starting Nov. 1, incentive measures for garbage sorting will officially take effect to award outstanding garbage sorting practitioners, the Municipal Urban Administration and Law Enforcement Bureau said Thursday during a news conference.
Next, each district will be required to formulate its own detailed plan. The first selection period is from this Nov. 1 to Oct. 31 next year.
According to the measures, a total of 62.5
Subsidies offered to encourage garbage sorting |
2019-10-01
Governments at city and district levels will offer subsidies totaling 62.5 million yuan (US$8.84 million) a year to individuals, households and units that play exemplary roles in garbage classification.
The incentives for garbage classification will last three years starting Nov. 1, the city government said in its latest gazette.
A total of 5,000 households, 1,000 individuals and 500 housing estates will be awarded under the sub
Party chief conducts research on garbage sorting and disposal |
2019-08-01
Shenzhen Party chief Wang Weizhong conducted research on garbage sorting and disposal sites Tuesday, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported.
After previously conducting several such researches, this time Wang went to Baishida Fourth Community, where waste is sorted by residents before being separately transported. Wang was delighted to witness the process in action and said that people’s enthusiasm will rise when they see that
City ramps up efforts to dispose of sorted garbage |
2019-07-18
Staffers with Mawan Power Plant in Nanshan District operate a facility storing other waste for fermentation yesterday. After the procedure, the trash will be sent to incinerators to generate power.Sun Yuchen
AS one of the pilot cities in the country selected to promote garbage sorting, Shenzhen has not only strengthened measures to require residents to throw away their household garbage accordingly, but is also focused on deve
Garbage sorting turns trash into cash |
2019-07-09
Li Mingzhe, a garbage collector with Shanghai Fangxu Technology Company, shows the online garbage collecting orders he received on July 1 in Shanghai. Li says the amount of garbage he collects has jumped from the 200 kg per day in January to over 1 ton now. The ubiquity of smartphones creates great potential for incorporating waste sorting in the online world. Xinhua
A few years ago, collecting garbage was a bleak busines
Shenzhen mulls incentives for garbage sorting |
2019-07-08
Shenzhen is mulling rewards for individuals, households and residential communities that have made outstanding contributions in garbage sorting, according to Yang Lei, vice head of the Shenzhen Municipal Urban Administration and Law Enforcement Bureau.
A total of 62.5 million yuan (US$9.07 million) will be reserved by 10 districts across the city as incentives for garbage sorting each year through 2021, according to the deta