Pilot project aims to reduce trash

Guangzhou residents will be testing a pilot project to reduce the amount of garbage produced in the city.

"The new system requires local residents to pay more when they dump more garbage, and pay less if they dump less," said Bao Lunjun, chief engineer of the Guangzhou administrative committee of urban management.

Currently, every family in the city pays rubbish fees of 15 yuan ($2.40) a month.