A 2006 file photo of plastic waste being sorted before recycling in Nanjing, China. - Filepic
China’s campaign against “foreign garbage” or yang laji has had a global impact on recycling – starting from 2018, it will no longer accept poor quality scrap plastic (often contaminated with things like used diapers) for recycling.
As waste piles up in ports, warehouses and elsewhere in developed countries, many are now searching for ways to deal with the problem of too much plastic.
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