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Imported plastic is only 12% of China's plastic waste. It turns out consumer plastic is just to varied, too contaminated, and too low valued to reliably recycle
by wespiser_2018 8y ago
Imported plastic is only 12% of China's plastic waste. It turns out consumer plastic is just to varied, too contaminated, and too low valued to reliably recycle. More info here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/china-ban-plastic-trash-imports-shifts-waste-crisis-southeast-asia-malaysia/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/china...
- benj111 8y agoThat's pre ban btw, now its virtually nil. FTA (you linked to) "estimates that China’s waste purchases this year amount to just one percent of the eight million tons it once bought every year."