Jiangcungoun landfill near Xi’an city in China is about 100 football fields. Now there a pile of the waste mountain are approximately 150 feet high and no more no longer fit, told British broadcaster the BBC (you move to another service).
the Shaanxi province located in the dump is imported daily from 10 000 tonnes of waste, about four times more than originally planned. One reason is that more than 12 million Xi’an, the inhabitants of the waste, the vast majority have ended up in landfill.
the landfill was established in 1994 and it was supposed to be in operation for 50 years.
Migrant workers went through the landfill Guiyangin city in Guizhou province in 2015. The child smiles happily, having found a big teddy bear./All Over press hundreds of millions of tons of garbage each year
China is one of the world’s largest polluters, and it has struggled for years to 1.4 billion citizens produced waste.
China surpassed the united states as the largest waste producer in 2017 – household waste is generated each year 400 million tonnes (switch to another service), and the number is increasing year by 8%, told the South China Morning Post.
china’s urban share in 2017 born household waste was 215 million tonnes (switch to another service). It is not clear how a large proportion of waste ends up for recycling, as China has not released official figures.
Around half of the urban areas produce waste (go to another service) was buried under the ground and about 40 percent was burned, told the waste management of the ministry.
in Many large cities the landfills are already full.
according to the BBC, China plans to increase waste incineration in the number of installations significantly. The intention is also to recycle the largest cities in the waste 35 percent by next year. For example, in Shanghai sorting is already mandatory fines under the threat.
Read more : “Shanghainese are crazy” – more Than 25 million inhabitants, the chinese town can now get a fine unless the sorted garbage
Shanghai downtown residential blocks have been imported to the new waste bins. During the day they will be held closed.Jenny Matikainen / Yle
It is a serious threat. Urban population growth in household waste over the past decade also emerged in the economic development and lifestyle changes due to, for example, products and food are ordered online from home, said the recycling economy institute director of Du Huanzheng Tongji university South China Morning Post.
Just online store of products ordered packaging waste generated in China last year to 9.4 million tonnes (switch to another service). The environmental organization Greenpeace in a report, it is estimated that packaging waste will rise up to eur 41.3 million tonnes if the growth trend remains the same.
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Source: Reuters
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