Researching on the system construction of the residents' old clothes collecting and recycling in Beijing and Shanghai

On the way of international metropolis, Beijing and Shanghai face the amount of MSW generated with the rapid growth of the population. How to reduce the waste generated, the best way is to start from the source. Old clothes are considered as recyclable, renewable resources; the present garbage classification is not suit for its collection and recycling. The establishment of old clothes recycling pilot work in Beijing and Shanghai has achieved good effect. In the future, the old clothes recycling will run normally, which needs the government support and public participation.