Hainan plans to implement household waste classification

Aerial photo taken on March 23, 2018 shows Dongyu Isle and Yudai Beach in Boao town, South China's Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua]

South China's Hainan province plans to implement mandatory household waste classification rules in 2020.

The implementation programs have been compiled, according to the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Hainan Province. Hainan aims to reach a household waste recycling rate above 35 percent by 2021 through the plan.

Hainan mainly disposes of household garbage by sanitary landfills and incineration. The province has built 21 domestic waste disposal facilities, including 16 landfills and five incineration power plants.

The province has also set up 253 domestic waste transfer stations and 12,500 garbage collection points.

More than 95 percent of Hainan villages have been equipped with garbage collecting and transferring facilities. In addition, the number of cleaners in the villages has reached 19,000.