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China Bans Import of Plastic Waste
中國(guó)禁止進(jìn)口塑料廢物
The US, the UK, and Japan are facing major garbage problems now that China has banned the import of many types of foreign waste, including many plastics and mixed papers. Before the January 1 ban, China was importing 500,000 tonnes of Britain’s plastic for recycling each year. The UK’s Environment Secretary recently admitted that they have not planned well for this policy change and do not currently have a short-term solution to their plastic waste problem. The US was exporting about one-third of its recycling to China before the ban. Without other alternatives in place, some sorting facilities are already telling people to place their plastics in the regular garbage.
中國(guó)禁止進(jìn)口多種國(guó)外廢物，包括很多塑料和廢雜紙，美國(guó)、英國(guó)和日本因此面臨重大垃圾危機(jī)。在1月1日頒布禁令前，中國(guó)每年要從英國(guó)進(jìn)口50萬(wàn)噸塑料進(jìn)行循環(huán)利用。最近，英國(guó)環(huán)保局長(zhǎng)承認(rèn)他們還沒(méi)有想好應(yīng)對(duì)此政策改變的良策，目前也沒(méi)有短期策略來(lái)解決塑料廢物問(wèn)題。禁令頒布前，美國(guó)也將其三分之一的回收垃圾出口至中國(guó)。替代選擇還沒(méi)有就位，一些篩選公司已經(jīng)讓人們把塑料歸到普通垃圾中。
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