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June 21, 2018

China's ban is wake-up call about plastic

  • Some countries that increased plastic waste imports since China's ban are overloaded and looking at bans of their own.
  • By PATRICK WHITTLE
    Associated Press

    PORTLAND, Maine — China's decision to stop accepting plastic waste from other countries is causing plastic to pile up around the globe, and wealthy countries must find a way to slow the accumulation of one of the most ubiquitous materials on the planet, a group of scientists said.

    The scientists sought to quantify the impact of the Chinese import ban on the worldwide trade in plastic waste, and found that other nations might need to find a home for more than 122 million tons of plastic by 2030. The ban went into effect Dec. 31, 2017, and the stockpiling trend figures to worsen, the scientists said.


     
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