随着人们环保意识的不断提高，以及一些发达国家在垃圾分类处理上的成功经验，我国也在积极推进垃圾分类处理工作，根据国家制定的相关规定，生活垃圾被划分为四类，它们分别是可回收物、厨余垃圾、有害垃圾和其他垃圾。

With people's increasing awareness of environmental protection, and the successful experience of some developed countries in the garbage treatment, China is also actively promote garbage classification work, according to the relevant regulations formulated by the state, living garbage is divided into four categories, they are Recyclable materialkitchen waste, hazardous waste and Other Waste.

可回收物：主要包括：废纸、塑料、玻璃、金属和布料五大类。废纸：主要包括报纸、期刊、图书、各种包装纸、办公用纸、广告纸、纸盒等等，但是要注意纸巾和厕所纸，由于水溶性太强不可回收

Recyclable: mainly include: waste paper, plastic, glass, metal and cloth five categories. Waste paper: it mainly includes newspapers, periodicals, books, all kinds of wrapping paper, office paper, advertising paper, carton and so on. But we should pay attention to paper towels and toilet paper, because the water solubility is too strong to recycle.

塑料：主要包括各种塑料袋、塑料包装物、一次性塑料餐盒和餐具、牙刷、杯子、矿泉水瓶、牙膏皮等；

Plastic: mainly including a variety of plastic bags, plastic packaging, disposable plastic lunch boxes and tableware, toothbrush, cups, mineral water bottles, toothpaste skin and so on;

玻璃：主要包括各种玻璃瓶、碎玻璃片、镜子、灯泡等；

Glass: mainly including various glass bottles, broken glass pieces, mirrors, light bulbs and so on.

布料：主要包括废弃衣服、桌布、洗脸巾、书包、鞋等；

Cloth: mainly including discarded clothes, tablecloth, wash towel, book bag, shoe and so on.

金属物：主要包括易拉罐、罐头盒等。

Metal materials: mainly including cans, canned boxes and so on.

厨余垃圾：包括剩菜剩饭、骨头、菜根菜叶、果皮等食品类废物，经生物技术就地处理堆肥，每吨可生产0．3吨有机肥料

The kitchen waste: including leftovers, bones, Leaves Roots and fruit such as food waste, bio technology in-situ treatment by composting, to produce 0.3 tons per ton of organic fertilizer

有害垃圾：包括废电池、废日光灯管、废水银温计、过期药品等，这些垃圾需要特殊安全处理

Hazardous waste: including waste battery, waste daylight lamp tube, waste mercury thermometer, expired drug, etc., which need special safety treatment

其它垃圾：包括除上述几类垃圾之外的砖瓦陶瓷、渣土卫生间废纸、纸巾等难以回收的废弃物，采取卫生填埋可有效减少对地下水、地表水、土壤及空气的污染

Other garbage: including bricks and tiles, ceramics, muck, toilet paper, tissue and other difficult to recycle waste besides those kinds of garbage. Sanitary landfill can effectively reduce the pollution of groundwater, surface water, soil and air.