Govt to burn 40% of household waste

BEIJING - The Beijing municipal government is planning to incinerate 40 percent of household waste by the end of 2015, officials said on Thursday.

Last year, only 10 percent of the waste was incinerated.

Wang Yingjian, a senior official from the municipal commission of development and reform, announced the plan at a news conference to release the city's new development and construction plan.