Is garbage sorting part of traditional culture

Waste classification does not belong to traditional culture.

The purpose of garbage classification is to increase the resource value and economic value of garbage, to reduce the amount of garbage disposal and the use of disposal equipment, to reduce the cost of disposal, to reduce the consumption of land resources, and to have social, economic and ecological benefits in several aspects.

The garbage belongs to the public's private goods at the stage of classification and storage, the garbage becomes a regional public **** resource in the district or community where the public is located after it is classified and put in by the public, and the garbage becomes a public **** resource without exclusiveness after it is classified and carried to the garbage centralized point or transfer station. From the domestic and foreign cities on the classification of domestic garbage method, most of them are based on the composition of the garbage, the amount of production, combined with the local garbage resource utilization and treatment methods and so on to classify.

China's first mandatory garbage classification cities

In recent years, China is accelerating the implementation of a garbage classification system at the national level.

In March 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Housing and Construction (MOH&C) issued the Implementation Plan for the Domestic Waste Classification System, which calls for the first implementation of mandatory classification of domestic waste in 46 cities across the country.

In June 2019, nine departments, including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, jointly issued the Circular of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and Other Departments on Comprehensively Carrying Out Classification of Domestic Waste in Cities of Prefecture Level and Above Across the Country.