Hotels in Shanghai are requested to stop offering disposable toiletries ( 一次性洗漱用品 ) unless customers ask, in order to make efforts to reduce waste and pursue ( 追求 ) green development 1 . The move is stated in a set of regulations on garbage sorting and recycling that went into effect in Shanghai. Under the new regulations, most household plastic wastes should be sorted and recycled. The city also encourages individuals and companies to reduce their use of disposable plastic products. Kunlun Jing An hotel is one of those that answered the government call that “ not offering disposable toiletries unless asked ” . 2 . “ Shanghai is taking a lead in the country to fight against plastic waste, ” said Gerd Knaust, general manager of Kunlun Jing An hotel. “ Hotels should make contributions to sorting and recycling garbage. 3 . ” 4 . “ It is a good thing to reduce waste in daily life, ” said Zhang Wei, 40, from east China ’ s Shandong Province who checked in the hotel for a business trip. He brought a reusable toothbrush after being informed by the hotel in advance. At least 6.5 million sets of disposable toiletries are said to be used every day if the occupancy rate is 50 percent for the 13 to 15 million hotel rooms across China, said Du Liangliang of the Hotel Business Unit of Ctrip, China ’ s leading online travel agency. “ 5 , ” Du said.