END-OF-LIFE MOTOR SCOOTERS piled high at a scrapyard in Hangzhou, a major city in the Chinese province of Zhejiang. China has introduced many new environmental laws and regulations in recent years in an effort to find environmentally sustainable solutions to problems such as the country’s unregulated and inefficient traffic. GIZ provides advisory services to China on matters of environmental policy as well as on technical questions, such as the recycling of batteries for electric cars. Photographer: Li Jiangang Focus on recycling