“Intelligent Classification and Recycling Machine” was recently unveiled at a garbage bin site in Yangpu District, Shanghai. /VCG Photo

The public can hand over their recyclable garbage such as newspapers, cardboard boxes, cola bottles and old clothes to the recycling machine. /VCG Photo

By scanning the code on the recycling machine, people can change the waste products into cash according to the recycling price of 1 yuan per kilogram. /VCG Photo