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China
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Editorial: Wake up and smell the rot
Pulling back the curtain on the recycling industry
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The ‘recycling crisis’ may be here to stay
Financial incentives are missing in Australia’s attempts to deal with Chinese recycling ban
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China’s plastic waste ban may force packaging change: study
China’s decision to stop importing recyclable plastic waste in January 2018 has left the world with little choice but to landfill recyclables for which no market now exists. The move, which is part of an initiative by China to focus…
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China bans U.S. scrap imports for one month, cites contamination
Adding to recent trade sanctions, China has suspended U.S. operations of CCIC North America for one month, effective May 4 through June 4, after officials said they continue to find “imported U.S. wastes as raw materials that do not meet…