TO GO WITH: China-environment-waste-recycling, FOCUS by Lianchao LAN and Dan MARTIN
TOPSHOT - In this photo taken on July 13, 2019, a worker stands in front of a garbage transfer station in Shanghai. - Shanghai on July 1 launched China's most ambitious garbage separation and recycling programme ever, as the country confronts a rising tide of trash created by increasingly consumptive ways. But the programme is the talk of China's biggest city for other reasons as well: confusion over rules and fines for infractions, and thousands of volunteers inspecting citizens' private garbage each day. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH: China-environment-waste-recycling, FOCUS by Lianchao LAN and Dan MARTIN