A community volunteer teaches a child how to classify household waste in Beijing Thursday.

A child weighs folded-up cardboard boxes on a scale on May 1, the first day that Beijing’s citywide garbage sorting regulation took effect.

A resident checks to make sure he is putting his garbage in the proper receptacle.

A resident gets a little guidance from volunteers Wednesday as she throws away her trash.

A man drops trash into a bin in Nanluoguxiang, a popular tourist street in Beijing.

A resident examines at comic related to garbage sorting on Tuesday.