有害垃圾

yǒuhài lājī

noun

Meanings

1 hazardous waste
2 one of four official waste-sorting categories in China (covering batteries, medicine, electronics, fluorescent tubes, etc.)

Characters

garbage (in 垃圾)

garbage (in 垃圾)

Examples

废电池属于有害垃圾，不能随便扔。

Fèi diànchí shǔyú yǒuhài lājī, bùnéng suíbiàn rēng.

Used batteries count as hazardous waste and can't be thrown out casually.

过期药品应该放进有害垃圾桶。

Guòqī yàopǐn yīnggāi fàng jìn yǒuhài lājī tǒng.

Expired medicine should go in the hazardous waste bin.

上海是第一个强制执行垃圾分类的城市，有害垃圾专门回收。

Shànghǎi shì dìyī ge qiángzhì zhíxíng lājī fēnlèi de chéngshì, yǒuhài lājī zhuānmén huíshōu.

Shanghai was the first city to enforce waste sorting, with hazardous waste collected separately.

Tips

culture

One of the four bins introduced by Shanghai's landmark 2019 waste-sorting rule: 可回收物 (recyclable), 有害垃圾 (hazardous), 湿垃圾 (wet / food waste), 干垃圾 (dry / residual). The system has since rolled out to most major Chinese cities.

Stroke Order

有 yǒu

害 hài

垃 lā

圾 jī