The city government plans to nearly double garbage treatment capacity in the next five years by setting up new processing centers in more districts and upgrading technologies. Trash in Shanghai is now handled by 10 processing sites adopting various treatment methods. The capacity is far below what is needed due to ...

More residents started to receive cleaner tap water last week as a major water utility in the Pudong New Area switched its water source from the Huangpu River to the Qingcaosha Reservoir yesterday. With the switch by Linjiang Water Plant, the biggest water utility in Pudong, 850,000 more residents of Sanlin, ...

Shanghai has topped the country in reducing pollution after shutting down polluting factories, building new sewage treatment plants, enhancing monitoring and giving incentives to cut discharges. The city successfully cut the discharge of chemical oxygen demand, a major water pollutant, by 27.7 percent and sulfur dioxide, which pollutes the air, by ...

Shanghai will launch more air pollution prevention measures this year, including banning straw burning, authorities said yesterday. In response to public complaints that the city's air quality and environment have deteriorated after the World Expo, a post-Expo management system has been worked out. Among other things, it will target construction sites ...

On previous saturday, march 26th Downstairs offered a candlelit dinner in addition to the earth hour light off event. Please see the following pictures to get some impressions.