https://yanqian.github.io/tags/recycling/Recent content in Recycling on Armstrong YanHugoen-USWed, 22 Jul 2026 12:36:45 +0800https://yanqian.github.io/posts/publish/when-cities-run-out-of-garbage-to-burn/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:36:45 +0800https://yanqian.github.io/posts/publish/when-cities-run-out-of-garbage-to-burn/<p>Recently, a strange phrase started appearing in discussions about waste in China:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span class="line"><span class="cl">There is not enough garbage to burn. </span></span></code></pre></div><p>At first, it sounds impossible.</p> <p>For many years, Chinese cities were associated with the opposite problem: too much garbage, not enough places to put it, and the fear of &ldquo;waste besieging the city.&rdquo;</p> <p>So how can a country move from too much garbage to not enough garbage?</p> <p>The answer is not that garbage has disappeared.</p>