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The Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, and Gu Gong in Chinese, lies at the city center of Beijing, and once served 【小题1】 the imperial palace for 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Rectangular (矩形的) in shape, it is the world’s 【小题2】 (large) palace complex.
The Palace Museum is becoming waste-free as the 720,000-square-meter structure has managed to reduce 【小题3】 number of trash bins to 110 sets in areas open to the public. “It is a decrease from 310 sets logged in January 2020, 【小题4】 a zero-waste campaign was launched,” said the museum.
While 【小题5】 (protect) features of the six-century-old historical relic, the action also helps visitors and tourists get into the habit of creating less waste. The museum also recycled more than 32,000 plastic bottles to make cultural and 【小题6】 (create) products between June 2021 and October 2023, equivalent to a 【小题7】 (reduce) in carbon emission by 931 kilograms.
“By launching the campaign, the Palace Museum is taking a science-based and meticulous approach to waste. The target is to minimize the generation of waste that needs 【小题8】 (bury) or burned and bring the amount of such waste 【小题9】 (extreme) close to zero,” said the museum.
So far, approximately 3,000 museum staff members, 40,000 tourist guides, and 21 million visitors 【小题10】 (participate) in the campaign.