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, ...

DONGGUAN, China, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- China's first fully automated textile waste sorting line has officially entered operation at Zhangjiagang Shanhesheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.

SANYA, June 30. /TASS/. The Sanya authorities will introduce mandatory household waste sorting system starting from October 1, reported by the Hainan Daily. According to the publication, the city’s ...

SHANGHAI — Since July 1, Mao Defeng and her husband have had to work from before dawn until well after sunset every day. Employed as sanitation workers by a residential complex in downtown Xuhui ...

For years, China processed more than half of the world’s plastic recycling. Then, in 2018, it stopped. Things have gotten messy since then. Let’s play a game. Name a foreign policy decision that has ...

Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

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

Defaulting to “no cutlery” options on food-delivery app orders and rewarding customers who chose to forgo plastic utensils significantly reduced single-use cutlery waste, according to a new study ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Setting a New Standard for Innovation and Circularity in the Global Textile Industry DONGGUAN, China, Sept. 16, 2025 ...