China recycling revolution 02: Shanghai asks ‘What trash are you?’ is a podcast produced by South China Morning Post. It discusses the side effect and derived problem of citizen’s daily life after launching new rules of sorting and disposing garbage in Shanghai.
This podcast is very informative providing the details of the scheme. Different people are interviewed to show the audience what happened to them after implementing the scheme. For example, the crew go to installed trash collection station with a local family to dispose garbage after dinner. Although there is only audio, the situation can be clearly described of how crowded station is and the inconvenience. The credibility is enhanced. Audience can also imagine the situation.
Audience may not know what difficulties citizens face. As stated in the title, many Shanghai citizens have questions on what types of the trash belong to and the way to dispose. The reporter gives a lot of examples to help audience understand better. For example, after drinking bubble tea, the remaining should be poured into the sink. The bubble belongs to wet waste while the straw and cup after washing belongs to dry waste. If the lid with recyclable remark, it should be thrown into recyclable waste.
Apart from the problems of classify the trash, the podcast also discusses other problem derived under the rules to deepen the understanding of the audience to the scheme. Therefore, it is rich in context and not boring with some interesting stories. New business helping people to sort the trash, situation of recyclers also mentioned in the podcast.
If you are interested in the system, I highly recommend you to listen this podcast to have further understanding.
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