Cash for Trash 

27/04/2017

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Waste segregation is being promoted across China through campaigns and initiatives, to help reduce environmental and economic pressure brought by the growing amount of trash.

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In Beijing's Chaoyang district, residents are constantly seen carrying bags of vegetable peelings and other kitchen waste to a trash collection office, trading for credits which they can then exchange for household items such as toilet paper and soap.

This environment-friendly initiative of Cash for Trash is currently run by many companies across China, encouraging residents to sort kitchen waste from other household trash by providing special bins and based on a credit-based system. 

The "Intelligent Garbage Disposal" project. Households use trash bags with QR codes that are divided into "food waste" and "other waste". Image: qr.biz

Beijing Capital Intelligent Environmental Sanitation Development has been promoting this program in the 1,200-household community since 2012, and now 40 percent of the residents regularly bring their waste to be processed.

Similarly, Aobei Environmental Technology, an environmental company in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, has spent five years engaging 200,000 households in the Cash for Trash compaign. According to Wang Jianchao, the owner of Aobei Environmental Technology, as a growing number of people have realized the role they can play in environmental protection, and are willing to participate in projects, It's a good time to introduce trash-sorting policies.

The "Intelligent Garbage Disposal" project. Trash bags with QR code will be scanned by machines to check if families have sorted their waste properly. Image: qrcodepress

Yet there is still a long journey ahead. Mao Da, leader of the Zero Disposal Project, an environmental platform in Beijing, said many cities have promoted trash-sorting for more than 17 years, but progress has been slow. It's not income-generating, and also very time-consuming. Moreover, residents complain that their efforts are being compromised by local governments who often mix trash cans together.

"However, many organizations and individuals are enthusiastic about promoting the program. They make every effort to protect the environment," Mao Da said, adding that the government's plan to sort trash in 46 cities will boost his company's operations. The new action plan requires businesses and government buildings to sort trash in 46 cities by 2020, but it's not mandatory for residents.

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