Faced with a growing refuse problem in urban areas, China plans to move ahead with household trash sorting in 46 major cities by requiring all public institutes and relevant companies to separate hazardous¹ waste, kitchen waste and recyclable materials by 2020.

面对城市地区日益严峻的垃圾问题，我国计划在46座主要城市推进生活垃圾分类，要求所有公共机构和相关企业在2020年之前对有害垃圾、厨余垃圾、可回收物进行分类。

By then, specific policies, laws and regulations will have been adopted that will push mandatory² trash sorting forward, and the recycling rate will grow to at least 35 percent in these cities, Feng Liang, a senior at the National Development and Reform Commission said last Friday.

国家发展和改革委员会一名名叫冯良的官员上周五表示，到2020年，将实施具体的政策法规以推进生活垃圾强制分类，这46座城市的垃圾回收利用率将至少达到35%。

The targets are listed in a household trash sorting action plan jointly³ issued by the NDRC and the Ministry⁴ of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

这些目标被列在了一项有关生活垃圾分类的行动方案中，该方案是由国家发改委、住房和城乡建设部联合发布的。

The plan covers 46 major cities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing, the capitals of all provincial⁵ regions, and some cities that were chosen as models, such as Handan, Hebei.

该方案覆盖46座主要城市，包括北京、天津、上海、重庆和所有省会城市，以及一些被选中的示范城市，如河北邯郸。

Detailed⁶ rules on mandatory household trash sorting in these cities will be released this year.

这些城市的生活垃圾强制分类具体规定将于今年发布。

The rules will be mandatory, however, only for public entities⁷, such as governments and schools, and companies, such as restaurants and shopping malls. But residential⁸ communities are encouraged to follow suit.

该规定将是强制性的，不过只针对如政府、学校等公共团体，以及像饭店和购物中心这样的企业，但是鼓励住宅区效仿。