SHANGHAI GETS SERIOUS ABOUT TRASH SORTING

New law covers domestic waste management

Alizee Buysschaert, a Belgian living in Shanghai, has received many messages about trash sorting in the past month.

Buysschaert, founder of Zero Waste Shanghai, a company that provides consultancy and workshops on waste management, said, "Almost everyone I talk with asks me about trash sorting, including my clients, friends, expats and Chinese - from Guangzhou to Beijing. Even last night when I was in a bar, I heard people talking about how they should sort their trash. When I first came to Shanghai in 2014, people were not fully aware of the trash issue and everything went into one bin, but things change so quickly."