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A Chinese woman works at a plastic recycling depot in Lijiang

A Chinese woman works at a plastic recycling depot in Lijiang, northern Yunnan Province, on September 30, 2012. As more Chinese cities ride the nation's economic boom, a torrent of garbage is one of many results. Cities are bursting at the seams while officials are struggling to cope with the onslaught of trash. The amount of paper, plastic and other garbage has more than tripled in two decades to about 300 million tons a year. UPI/Stephen Shaver

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