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China’s ban on low-grade plastic imports leaves big questions over waste

03/01/2018

China’s ban on the import of 24 types of low-grade plastic, paper and textiles from January 1 is already causing problems in exporting countries. The country positioned itself as the top recycler of plastic over the past 30 years, importing millions of tonnes of used material for processing per year, but has said it will no longer deal with...

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