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Will China’s crackdown on ‘foreign garbage’ force wealthy countries to recycle more of their own waste?

Green Technology

China’s action could reshape an overlooked but critical segment of the global economy: the cross-border flows of scrap that underpin recyclng markets worldwide. According to one 2014 study, China received 56 percent by weight of global scrap plastic exports. This trade makes economic sense all around.

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