Since the new revision and implementation of the Beijing municipal household waste management regulations，the Party committee leadership，government leadership，social coordination，and public participation in urban household waste management have gradually formed the environmental concept that maintaining the public environment and saving resources are the common responsibility of the whole society，and the material basis，institutional guarantee，and practical effect of household waste classification have been improved. But at the same time，as the main field of household waste classification，communities show great differences and imbalances-different types of communities，such as traditional neighborhood communities，single unit communities，integrated mixed communities，transitional succession communities and modern commercial housing communities，have different resource endowments，specific strategies and power relationship structures of participants. This paper analyzes the successful cases of old residential areas and commercial housing communities，and finds that although there are many differences in different types of residential areas，the participation of multiple subjects and their roles，functions and collaborative relationships in this process are the key factors affecting the effectiveness of the implementation of waste classification policies.