Editing Shanghai (section)

===Environmental protection===
[[File:A residual waste truck and a household food waste truck on Zhonghua Road, Shanghai.jpg|thumb|right|A residual waste truck and a kitchen waste truck on Zhonghua Road]]

Public awareness of the environment is growing, and the city is investing in a number of environmental protection projects. A 16-year rehabilitation of Suzhou Creek, which runs through the city, was finished in 2012, clearing the creek of barges and factories and removing 1.3 million cubic meters of sludge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/nov/26/shanghai-suzhou-creek-clean-up-redevelopment|title=Shanghai's Suzhou Creek cleans up its act|first=Taras|last=Grescoe|work=The Guardian|date=26 November 2016|access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chinawater.com.cn/newscenter/df/sh/201203/t20120328_217472.html|script-title=zh:沉睡百年的苏州河黑臭底泥首次大规模疏浚完工|trans-title=The first large-scale dredging of the Suzhou River's black, odorous sediment, which has been dormant for a hundred years, has been completed|first=Tianjun|last=Ouyang|work=China Water|date=28 March 2012|access-date=15 November 2020|language=zh}}</ref> Additionally, the government has moved almost all the factories within the city center to either the outskirts or other provinces,<ref name="airpollution">
{{cite web
|title=Environmental Protection in China's Wealthiest City
|url=http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/Shanghai4web.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030165307/http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/Shanghai4web.htm
|archive-date=30 October 2007
|publisher=The American Embassy in China
|date=July 2001
|access-date=11 May 2008}}</ref> and provided incentives for transportation companies to invest in [[liquefied petroleum gas|LPG]] buses and taxis.

On 1 July 2019, Shanghai adopted a new garbage-classification system that sorts out waste into residual waste, kitchen waste, recyclable waste, and hazardous waste.<ref name="garbageclassification">{{cite web
|title=Shanghai Businesses to Comply with New Waste Management Norms from July 1
|url=https://www.china-briefing.com/news/shanghai-waste-management-china-july-1/
|archive-date=30 June 2019
|publisher=China-briefing
|date=25 June 2019
|access-date=2 February 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630050942/https://www.china-briefing.com/news/shanghai-waste-management-china-july-1/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> The wastes are collected by separate vehicles and sent to [[incineration]] plants, [[landfill]]s, [[recycling]] centers, and hazardous-waste-disposal facilities, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=zh:垃圾分类新风｜上海分类后的垃圾到底去哪儿了？ |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2432317 |work=[[:zh:澎湃新闻|The Paper]] |date=12 September 2018 |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=zh-cn}}</ref>