Shanghaiis leading other provinces in China on curtailing unwarranted waste generatingactivities of the affluent. With its new policies on waste management that cameinto effect on July 1st, 2019 a new era of social environmentalawareness is swiping Shanghai and its citizens are open to change.

GuJianbin, market regulation department director at the Shanghai MunicipalAdministration of Culture and Tourism, which was responsible for drafting therules, said, "Contrary to the country's regulation on hotel ratings, whichspecifically lists what a hotel should offer in order to qualify for fivestars, this is the first time a regulation has been drawn up to state what ahotel should not provide, to protect the environment."

Chinapassed its first regulation on the qualifications and classifications neededfor hotel ratings in 1988 after opening up to the world and receiving anincreasing number of overseas tourists. The regulation has been updated andadjusted several times, the most recent being in 2011.

"Thenew rule is also about getting Shanghai, if not the country as a whole,connected and up to speed with the international situation, in which climatechange and ecological civilization are hot issues," Gu said.

JinYiying, a professor at Tsinghua University's Environment School in Beijing,said the regulation might have an impact beyond the number of guests staying atShanghai hotels every year. Jin added that "The new waste managementregulation in Shanghai has sparked heated discussions about how the city couldbecome a better place by segregating the 9 million tons of trash produced everyyear. This part of the regulation makes a contribution to the environment byreducing the amount of waste produced in the first place."

Speakingabout Shanghai's new regulation on waste management and provision of hotelamenities, Janice Lao, environmental scientist and development economist whograduated from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and the current Directorof Group Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at Hong Kong and ShanghaiHotels, the parent company of luxury brand Peninsula, said: "Shanghai isso advanced. It's as if it has left other cosmopolitan cities behind. It alsosays a lot about China's ambition."

"Chinawill definitely lead the world on many environmental issues ... and it is stilla major supplier to the world economy. So you can imagine its power to movemarkets and change behavior when the country decides to go green."

Adaptedfrom “Luxury hotels haltprovision of six items for the bathroom” ByXu Junqian in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2019-07-02 13:12

TongjiUniversity ranks A+ in the discipline of Environment according to the recentevaluation by the Chinese Ministry of Education as well as A+ in UrbanPlanning.  In accordance with the goalsof the Shanghai Municipality in waste management and segregation, TongjiUniversity has revamped its garbage collection methods and converted itsgarbage collection locations into sorting bins which will allow garbagedisposers to segregate trash upon disposal. 

Newbins can be seen around the campus grounds particularly in high wastecollection areas such as near the post office as well as on each floor of thedormitories which are clearly labelled to show which types of refuse should becollected in each bin. 

TongjiUniversity is a model institution in solid and water waste treatment anddisposal and continues to act as a working example to other institutions aroundthe world.

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