北京将加入垃圾分类“强制大军” Beijing to follow Shanghai's lead and start compulsory trash sorting

The Beijing city government has announced plans(计划 jìhuà) to legislate garbage(垃圾 lājī) sorting(分类 fēnlèi), following the introduction of similar rules in Shanghai on Monday, reports Beijing News.

Household garbage will need to be sorted into four categories(类别 lèibié): kitchen waste(厨余垃圾 chúyú lājī), recyclable waste(可回收物 kě huíshōu wù), hazardous waste(有害垃圾 yǒuhài lājī), and other waste(其他垃圾 qítā lājī).

A mother teaches her son how to sort garbage in Shanghai on Sunday, June 30, 2019. [Photo: IC]

Fines(罚款 fákuǎn) for people who fail to follow the new rules will be higher than those faced by rule-breaking residents in Shanghai, where individuals who fail to sort their garbage can be fined up to 200 yuan (about 29 U.S. dollars).

Beijing residents produce(制造 zhìzào) 26,000 tonnes(吨 dūn) of garbage each day, which is 1.1 kilograms per person per day, said Sun Xinjun from the city's urban management commission. All of the city's 29 garbage disposal centers are running at full capacity.

The city introduced household waste management regulations back in 2012 but few people adhere to(遵守 zūnshǒu) the rules because of poor supervision(监管 jiānguǎn) and enforcement(执行 zhíxíng).

Shanghai's new rubbish sorting rules are the strictest in China. On Day 1, the city's law enforcement officers inspected around 1,600 communities, 400 enterprises, 1,800 shops, and 21 hotels, and issued more than 600 warnings(警告 jǐnggào).

重点词汇 Key word:

分类 Classify (by); categorize; catalogue

• E.g. Zhèxiē wénjiàn rúhé fēnlèi?
  这些文件如何分类?
  How would you classify these files?

• Zàixiàn xìtǒng kěyǐ àn zhǔtí duì zhèxiē shū jìnxíng fēnlèi.
  在线系统可以按主题对这些书进行分类。
  The online system can classify these books by subject.