Beijing Women's Federation

The newly revised household waste regulation came into effect in Beijing on May 1. According to the overall arrangement of the municipal government and the Family Happiness and Well-being Project (implemented by the All-China Women's Federation), the Beijing Women's Federationhas drawn up a plan to give full play to the strengths of women's federations at all levels and the essential roles of women and families in promoting garbage sorting.The federation also intends to encourage women and their families to reduce garbage quantity and practice garbage sorting so that they can form a low-carbon, civilized and healthy lifestyle.These efforts will also help with the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic and help build a beautiful Beijing with sharing the fruits of ecological civilization.The federation calls on women and families "to conscientiously sort garbage and strive to be model families in the area of environmental protection," performing their green duties, creating a new "trend" of garbage sorting and working together for a more harmonious and livable home city.

Beijing Women's Federation Calls on Women, Families to Play Their Roles in Promoting Garbage Sorting

Garbage Sorting

Families in Action Proposal

To Women and Families in Beijing:

The earth is our common home. Every one's effort is needed to create a good living environment. Promoting garbage sorting is an important measure for recycling resource and improving the environment and is a part of building beautiful Beijing and giving people stronger sense of fulfillment and happiness.

Beijing's newly revised household waste regulation took effect on May 1, 2020. Society is composed of families. Garbage sorting requires each family and each of its member's participation. The Beijing Women's Federation put forward the following proposals among women and their families:

Conscientiously practice garbage sorting.Residents should strictly abide by garbage sorting rules, by reducing waste, reducing or eliminating the use of disposable items, and classifying their domestic trash into four different categories: kitchen waste, recyclables, hazardous waste and other waste, in order to cultivate a simple and moderate, green and low-carbon, civilized and healthy lifestyle.

Women play their unique roles.Women should play their unique roles in social and family life. Workers of women's federations at all levels, executive members of women's federations, women volunteers, women's organizations andmodel women workers should take active parts in the publicity, guidance and supervision work of garbage sorting.

Strive to be environment-friendly families.Families are encouraged to participate in the activities such asLooking for the Most Beautiful Family and Building a Green Family and to act according to the Beijing's Most Beautiful Family Convention. Families, especially with children, are also encouraged to be models for garbage sorting and building beautiful courtyards, so thatgood family education and family traditions could play their important roles in primary-levelsocial governance.

Garbage sorting, families in action. Let's build a beautiful Beijing together! To make our city better,let us, our families take actions now, starting by correctly sorting garbage. Let us share the mission of protecting the environment by spreading the "new fashion" of garbage sorting and healthy lifestyle in the capital, as an effort to help contain the epidemic, and build a harmonious, beautiful and livable homeland!

Beijing Women's Federation

May 1, 2020