Holiday visitors dump 40 tonnes of garbage a day on Tiananmen Square
AFP, October, 2006
>BEIJING (AFP) — Visitors to the Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing's have dumped a massive 40 tonnes of trash every day since the start of the week-long National Day vacation, state media reported. Municipal staff have been working round the clock since the start of the holiday on Sunday clearing the square of plastic bags, newspapers, drink and food packages and camera film boxes, ...