This photo shows trash bins that use face recognition for waste sorting at a Beijing residential community.

China is building household garbage processing system in 46 pilot cities, including Beijing, Tianjin and Chongqing. Tianjin is introducing domestic garbage management regulations, following the practice in Shanghai on July 1. Binhai District will become the first district in Tianjin to implement the regulation.
 

According to the regulations, waste will be classified as follows:

Recyclable Waste

Paper, plastic, glass, scrap metal, fabrics...
 

可回收物: 可资源化利用的物质

包括：废纸，废塑料，废金属，废包装物，废旧纺织物，废弃电器电子产品，废玻璃，废纸塑铝复合包装等。

Hazardous Waste

Batteries, light tubes, medicines, paint and its containers...
 

有害垃圾:对人体健康或自然环境有直接或潜在危害的物质

包括: 废电池（镉镍电池、氧化汞电池、铅蓄电池等），废荧光灯管（日光灯管、节能灯等），废温度计，废血压计，废药品及其包装物，废油漆、溶剂及其包装物，废杀虫剂、消毒剂及其包装物，废胶片及废相纸等。

Kitchen Waste

Food leftovers, expired food, fruit peels and cores, plants, and TCM herbs...
 

厨余垃圾:日常生活中产生的易腐烂垃圾

包括: 相关单位食堂、宾馆、饭店等产生的餐厨垃圾；居民区产生的厨余垃圾；农贸市场、农产品批发市场产生的蔬菜瓜果垃圾、腐肉、肉碎骨、蛋壳、畜禽产品内脏等。

Other Waste

All other waste that does not fall in any of the categories above.​
 

其他垃圾

除可回收物、厨余垃圾和有害垃圾之外的生活垃圾

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