Household garbage sorting gets attention

China will speed up national legislation on household garbage sorting, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

The ministry will set up a team to craft the legislation and work out a draft law as soon as possible, Yang Haiying, deputy director of the ministry's urban construction department, said at a news conference on Friday in Beijing.

Fourteen cities have adopted laws and regulations on household garbage sorting, while 23 have included the issue in their legislation plans, Yang said.