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A：随着经济技术的发展，很多国家越来越关注可持续发展。可持续发展关键的一部分内容就是垃圾分类。众所周知，日本在垃圾分类这方面的管理一向相当严格，而且他们的分类可以说是事无巨细、非常到位。近几年，为了保护生态环境，提高人民生活水平，中国的46个城市开始强制推行垃圾分类，各个城市的分类方式也是各有不同，其中最出名的恐怕就是上海了。
B: Yes, I’ve heard about it as well. One of my friends who lives in Shanghai told me that their waste sorting was very confusing, or rather "scary". Yes, that’s the word she used, because they classify the waste in a way that is challenging for people to correctly distinguish. The four main categories are residual waste, household waste, hazardous waste and recyclable waste.
A：既然有了分类标准，为什么还会觉得垃圾分类很“可怕”呢?是标准不清晰，还是大家真的没这个习惯?垃圾分类本身是非常好的政策，执行垃圾分类对提高人民生活水平以及改善整个城市的大环境都很有意义。
B: I am not saying garbage sorting itself is not a good thing. However, it’s all about how you categorize the waste and how you implement the policy. Let me put it this way. Can you tell the difference between "residual waste" and "household waste", or rather literally speaking, "dry waste" and "wet waste"? Right now, in Shanghai, the most talked-about topic is "Which bin does it go?’
A：我明白你的意思，干、湿两个字确实很难给人直观的感受，加上中国人长期以来一直没有垃圾分类的意识，所以做好意识教育也很重要。
B: Yes, the naming is definitely the problem. People in Shanghai joke that the waste that can be fed to a pig is "wet waste" and the one cannot is "dry waste". Apart from the sorting policy itself, there is also an additional policy, which is every community has its own schedule for residents to take out the trash. Residents can only drop the waste in a designated area at certain time slots. Beyond the schedule, all the bins are closed.
A：其实现在上海的垃圾分类已经得到了很好的落实，许多政策都是从居委会层面指派专人协助居民去区分各个种类的垃圾，我相信随着时间的推移，人们一定会养成正确的分类习惯。