Resumen de China's ban on 'foreign garbage' may backfire
Last July, China declared that it was no longer willing to accept yang laji, or "foreign garbage", from Jan 1 2018. It notified the World Trade Organization of its plan to ban the import of 24 types of scrap, including plastics for recycling, waste textile materials and all unsorted waste paper--basically the sort of paper that accumulates in household bins. Likewise, imports of cardboard for recycling must be much "cleaner" and free of gravel, dust and stones. Here, Coghlan examines the effects of China's ban on waste imports.
