TO GO WITH: China-environment-waste-recycling, FOCUS by Lianchao LAN and Dan MARTIN
TOPSHOT - In this photo taken on July 12, 2019, people throw garbage into a bin at a waste collection point in a residential area 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