95: DO THE RECYCLE IN China? Qingdao, China

In our final months of living in Qingdao, we finally saw signs of the advent of recycling; it started with large, complex and very fancy recycling machines showing up in random places practically overnight. Smaller versions of these were found on Laoshan Mountain hiking trails as well. Trash bins are all marked with recycle or other waste signs and in the malls, the trash bins are separated into 3 sections, but it's still voluntary to recycle. However, based on the local perspective, recycling will come into the home in the next half year and eventually be mandatory as it is in the Tier 1 cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. This video is our experience with recycling in late spring 2020. There may be neighborhoods and communities in Qingdao that are already recycling, but it has yet to become a universal policy. We hope that will happen soon! Additionally, we hope to see, concurrently, a push towards the elimination of single use plastic. It's astonishing how much plastic waste is found in the grocery store alone. #sailing #sailboat #sailingprojects NEW TO OUR CHANNEL? We are Eileen and Brown Councill. Welcome to our channel and a glimpse into our life adventure! 2020 was a year of uncertainty and change (for all of us, right?), but we overcame the challenges and decided it was time to chase our dream, to sail around the world! Did I mention that we had very NO sailing experience? Before leaving Qingdao, China, our home of 4 years, we sold almost all of our earthly possessions and started our international search to find the right sailboat that we would call "home." After 5 months of unanticipated twists and turns, we found what we were looking for, a used Leopard 44' Catamaran located in St. Lucia. So, here begins our journey, filled with unmatched excitement and honestly, a bit of trepidation as well. We have much to learn as we travel the world on our floating home and we intend to document that journey and share it with you. We are so glad you have decided to join us, and we hope that you will find our story so compelling that it will inspire you to chase your dreams too! As a viewer, we consider you to be part of our family and look forward to getting to know you. Don't hesitate to comment on our videos and ask questions. We will do our best to answer every correspondence! All we ask is that you have patience with us as we work really hard to improve our camera/video techniques and ability to tell a story. Hopefully, you will be as BLOWN AWAY from watching, as we are in experiencing and producing our adventures! HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? If you wish to support our video efforts, all we ask is that you SUBSCRIBE, give a THUMBS UP, SHARE our videos with your friends, AND COMMENT! WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET TO KNOW US MORE DEEPLY? It would be an honor and pleasure to deepen our relationship with you as a Patron. Please click on the following link to see how: https://www.patreon.com/sailingblownaway WOULD YOU LIKE TO FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY? https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/6040796987916288 WHERE CAN YOU FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA? Instagram - @sailingblownaway Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SailingBlownAway Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eileen.dietrich/ YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/sailingblownaway