Halifax in Canada had to bury 300 tonnes of plastic in a landfill. In Calgary, Alberta, the material has been stockpiled in empty storage sheds, warehouses and even shipping containers and trailers. Meanwhile, tons of waste plastic is piling up in Hong Kong.
This is what happened after China refused to accept “foreign garbage” or yang laji– poor quality plastic waste often contaminated with used diapers and the like – starting from 2018.
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