Foreign tourists coming to Shanghai don’t know about garbage classification

The city's hotly discussed garbage classification and hotel ban on providing "six small items" will be officially implemented from this month. Since it is the peak summer vacation season, many tourists and business people will also come to Shanghai. What do they think of these measures implemented in Shanghai?

Recently, many people are looking for information on garbage classification in Shanghai online, hoping to get detailed knowledge of garbage classification and avoid embarrassing situations. Especially tourists coming to Shanghai from other places are worried and hope to book a hotel that can manage garbage classification well.

1. Foreign tourists are worried that they will not sort their garbage, so some tourists decide to bring their own garbage bags.

When asked, "If you plan to come to Shanghai for business or tourism in the near future, will you worry about the impact or inconvenience that garbage classification will have on your trip?", foreign tourists gave various answers. Some friends in Suzhou joked that they "have to take the garbage back to Suzhou and throw it away." A tourist from Hangzhou said, "I dare not buy an ice cream cone easily because it is troublesome to separate the packaging from the ice cream." Many people who have traveled to Japan said Tourists have shared their tips: - Bring your own trash bags and take the trash generated during your trip back to the hotel to throw away.

Xia Zheng, who once worked and lived in Shanghai and now lives in Changsha, gave an affirmative answer, which also represents the views of many tourists. He said: "I think garbage classification is quite environmentally friendly and fashionable. In the long run, it will be very beneficial to the environment of the entire country.

In addition, 46 cities including Changsha will implement it by the end of the year Garbage classification. Shanghai is just taking the first step, and it will be a matter of time before it is promoted nationwide. Therefore, you will not feel too much psychological burden when traveling or traveling in Shanghai. Instead, you will find it novel and take the initiative to learn about the specific matters of garbage classification. , many tourists have the impression that Japanese streets are very clean, which is also closely related to the strict garbage classification measures they implement.

In fact, for tourists who come to Shanghai for tourism or business, there is no need to worry too much. The problem of garbage classification. Take staying in a hotel as an example. The garbage generated by tourists after dining in the hotel is basically sorted and put away by the service staff, while the garbage generated in the hotel room is mainly dry garbage, such as wet wipes, rolls, and some snacks. Packaging bags, etc.

Even if the hotel meals are delivered directly to the guest room, as long as all the garbage is placed on the plate, the subsequent sorting work can still be undertaken by the hotel service staff and there is no need for tourists to eat in social restaurants. Sort your own garbage.

What may really have some impact on tourists may be the garbage generated during some outdoor activities, such as buying milk tea and drinks when you are thirsty in the summer, and buying ice cream cones when the weather is hot. Can’t finish eating.

This situation will involve the issue of garbage classification. Zhang Qi, Ctrip’s domestic manager, recommends:

Leftover food, used tissues, and plastics. Bags and disposable tableware should be thrown into the dry trash can; liquid beverage bottles, waste plastics, waste paper aluminum-plastic composite packaging should be thrown into the recyclable bin; wet garbage such as fruits and vegetables should be taken to the wet trash can

2. Tourism agencies should popularize garbage classification knowledge to group tourists.

As for group tours, in order to help tourists adapt to the regulations as soon as possible. , Large tourism companies have also taken early action.

Previously, Spring and Autumn Tourism had placed wet and dry trash cans on tour buses, and tour guides popularized garbage classification knowledge to tourists in advance to ensure that tourists generated garbage on tour buses. Can be transported correctly.

Ctrip's self-operated group tours and semi-self-guided tours also have special tips on garbage classification and hotels do not proactively provide "six small pieces" of garbage generated by tourists during their travels. You will also receive guidance and assistance from tour guides to help tourists solve their "anxiety about throwing away garbage"

3. What do tourists think of Shanghai's "strictest garbage classification" environmental policy?

A random survey of netizens on large travel websites

More than one-third believe that this challenge is not difficult and can be accomplished; only 18.4% think that garbage classification is too difficult. complex. On the other hand, nearly 80% of respondents supported fines for illegal littering, and nearly half suggested that the penalties could be lighter.

According to booking data from relevant travel websites, Shanghai’s popularity continued to increase in July. Compared with bookings for group tours, independent travel, and customized tours, it increased by more than 30% year-on-year.

Among the tourists who come to Shanghai during the summer vacation, the largest number of tourists come from Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Jinan, Zhuhai, Chongqing, Shenyang and Wuhan.

Many tourists from Hangzhou, Nanjing and other Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions also make short trips to Shanghai.