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Nope. Most asian nations (China most notably) stopped or greatly reduces such imports about 5 years ago. And, even when these imports were happening, its was fo
by howmayiannoyyou 5y ago
Nope. Most asian nations (China most notably) stopped or greatly reduces such imports about 5 years ago. And, even when these imports were happening, its was for reprocessing, not disposal purposes. Yes, if recycled plastics prices precipitously fell then some importers may have dumped the imports, but that was not generally the case. You may also be confusing plastic waste with electronic scrap which contains plastic waste. Here again, those imports have largely stopped.
- soperj 5y agoThey reduced the imports of stuff that was just garbage.
- howmayiannoyyou 5y agoNope. They eliminated valuable scrap imports as well. In China, in particular, this was as much to subsidize internal secondary processing capabilities. Sorry, you're out of our depth on this one.
- soperj 5y ago>Sorry, you're out of our depth on this one. If you feel that's the case, provide evidence instead of attacking the poster.
- jeromegv 5y agoIt stopped in China, not in the rest of Asia.
- howmayiannoyyou 5y agoNope (again). Malaysia, Vietnam & others have taken similar positions.
- beerandt 5y agoThey didn't really stop it, but they raised the quality standards to be so high that no post-consumer plastics qualify. Something like less than 5% contamination. They do still accept "clean" plastic, like from industrial manufacturing. Think custom molded part containers or similar. And before you start cleaning your recycling before binning it, that automatically uses enough water and energy to defeat the point of recycling.