China started small-scale trials of waste sorting in 2000, but landfill sites and unmanaged waste continued to encircle cities and local people protested plans to build more incinerators. Gradually, ...

A man looking for recyclable materials from trash cans walks against strong winds blowing on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, April 17, 2011. There is an unending selection of restaurants in Beijing that ...

The AI-driven textile waste sorting line has a processing capacity of approximately 2 tons per hour and is capable of high-precision separation across multiple material types, including: high-purity ...

Ever since cities began offering curbside recycling programs, skeptics have joked about how it all ends up going to the same place as the garbage. In Franklin, N.H., that’s actually true. Residents ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched a pilot program to create "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by ...

Celine Suiwriting for the South China Morning Post, Aug. 5: Shanghai’s waste sorting system adds yet another level to surveillance in China. In 2018, the city rolled out smart recycling ...

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Beijing notified the World Trade Organization in July that it planned to ban imports of 24 varieties of solid waste, including types of plastic and unsorted paper commonly sent from the United States.

China has expanded its waste import ban and will close its borders to an additional 32 types of solid waste, including slag and scrap metal, by 2020. The announcement, jointly issued Thursday by the ...