Web crackles with anti-fireworks frenzy,Yunnan Adventure Travel

Web crackles with anti-fireworks frenzy

An Internet user “Tiffany” said fireworks are a waste of money. Another user “MoMo” suggesteddecorating with plants for a better environment.

But there are some users who insist fireworks have been a tradition of China's Lunar New Yearfor thousands of years. They feel the festival will lose its appeal without the sound of firecrackers.

In this year, Beijing increased the supply of environmentally friendly fireworks. Most of these newvarieties contain no sulfur and produce less smoke, but are priced slightly higher thanconventional ones.

Fang Li, a spokesperson from the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, also urged peopleto set off fewer fireworks this year.

Beijing plans to ban fireworks and firecracker celebrations if serious air pollution is forecast forduring the holiday, which begins on Jan. 31.

The fireworks celebrations in Beijing on Lunar New Year's Eve last year produced 5,000 tons ofwaste and led to a surge in the PM2.5 reading, which measures hazardous fine particles, to1,000 micrograms per cubic meter.

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