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UNEP says China ban could spark new plastic recycling initiatives

06/07/2018
A new study, published in June in Science Advances by scientists from the University of Georgia found that developed countries are going to have to cope with more than 100 million tonnes of plastic waste in the next ten years or so because of a ban on imported waste that China imposed at the start of this year.

With the effects of the ban kicking in now, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has said it hopes this development can spur “much-needed investment in domestic recycling facilities and innovation in plastic manufacturing to make products more suited to repurposing”.

According to UNEP, China’s own waste and what it has imported from other countries means it has had to manage almost half of the world’s waste since 1992. But the agency said China’s refusal to take in other countries’ waste now could also invigorate “the vociferous public campaign to change our throwaway culture”.


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