The Evolution of Domestic Waste Classification Policies and Their Outcome Analysis: The Case of Shanghai Municipality and Beijing Municipality

Abstract

With the development of the times, the phenomenon of garbage surrounded by cities in China is becoming more and more serious, in 2016, China’s Development and Reform Commission issued the "13th Five-Year Plan" for the construction of harmless treatment facilities for urban household garbage in China, China officially began to carry out garbage classification, Shanghai and Beijing as a pilot city in the practice of garbage classification policy is more representative and Shanghai and Beijing, as pilot cities, are more representative and typical in the practice of garbage classification policy. This paper adopts the method of content analysis to analyze the changes in the nature of China’s domestic garbage classification policy and the results of Shanghai and Beijing . Suggestions are made to develop simple and easy-to-understand garbage classification standards, improve garbage classification facilities, increase publicity, develop online publicity channels, and reduce the operability of regulations.