China to end all waste imports on Jan 1

Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2020

China will ban all waste imports from January 1, 2021, state media reported Friday, marking the culmination of a three-year phase-out of accepting overseas junk. Since the 1980s the country has imported solid waste, which local companies would clean, crush and transform into raw materials for industrialists. For years it has been the world's largest importer of rubbish, often leading to