Chinese environment protection experts have made it a point to promote a nationwide technology to generate electricity through the burning of garbage and waste.

The process was developed at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province.

A dozen cities in China, including Xi'an, Ningbo, Zhengzhou, plan to use the process in an effort to dispose of rubbish and waste at no cost to the environment.

The common practice of burying waste has proved harmful to the environment.

More than 100 million tons of rubbish and waste are produced in urban areas in China every day. The Chinese government has bee urging to adopt favorable policies on pollution-free treatment of rubbish and waste.