Sorting the waste crisis
By Meng Jing | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-15 07:47
Pictures showing the garbage around suburban Beijing (clockwise from the top): Taihu township in Tongzhou district; Shaziying village in Chaoyang district; west of Shahe Reservoir in Changping district. wang jiuliang / for China Daily |
Yang Changjiang is one of the few residents in the city who takes responsibility for his garbage. Ever since the beginning of February, Yang and his high school daughter routinely go to their balcony after meals to clean, sort, weigh and recycle their trash.
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