Ship garbage collection app continues to protect Yangtze River
2024-12-28 20:12:36
By Yan Wanqin. Chen Fei, Dong Qing, Xiang Yao also contributed to this article.
This year, Yichang’s ship garbage collection app has handled over 260,000 tons of garbage and wastewater from ships traveling along the rivers in Yichang, according to the Yichang Port and Navigation Construction and Maintenance Center.
Jingxiaoyi, meaning "Cleaning Little Yi(chang),” is similar to a taxi hailing app. Ships can solicit a garbage and wastewater service ship via the app. Since 2019, Jingxiaoyi has processed 750,000 tons of ship pollutants as of November.
This year, Yichang’s ship garbage collection app has handled over 260,000 tons of garbage and wastewater from ships traveling along the rivers in Yichang, according to the Yichang Port and Navigation Construction and Maintenance Center.
Jingxiaoyi, meaning "Cleaning Little Yi(chang),” is similar to a taxi hailing app. Ships can solicit a garbage and wastewater service ship via the app. Since 2019, Jingxiaoyi has processed 750,000 tons of ship pollutants as of November.
Cargo ships wait to pass through the Gezhouba Dam ship locks on the Yichang section of the Yangtze River. Photo by Fu Beibei.Yichang is home to the Three Gorges Dam Project and the Gezhouba Water Control Project. For the dam locks alone, about 60,000 ships pass through each year. Jingxiaoyi was built to help the ships dispose of their solid and liquid waste properly.
Ships can call for a garbage receiving ship on the Jingxiaoyi app. Once called, a nearby receiving ship will take the order. In roughly 15 minutes, the two ships will meet to complete the waste delivery.
Ship pollution prevention and control is part of a systematic project, involving transportation, housing, environmental protection, urban management and other departments. Thanks to the system, all garbage and wastewater from ships in Yichang are able to be properly handled.
Other environment protection services and infrastructure have also played their own roles.
The total shore power consumption in Yichang so far this year reached 13.07 million kWh, accounting for 78.7 percent of the Hubei Province.
Zigui LNG (liquefied natural gas) Terminal refueled 1,454 tons of LNG to ships, accounting for 82 percent of the province.
As of this November, Yichang Chemical Ship Washing Station completed 71 washes, more than doubling the rate of last year, and collected 2,867 ton of toxic washing water, an increase of nearly 65 percent year-on-year.
