https://www.scmp.com/rss/327869/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In recent decades, China has been the world’s largest importer of waste, accepting some 279 million metric tonnes of America’s scrap alone over a quarter of a century, including paper and plastic for recycling, as well as mountains from Japan, countries in the European Union and from the developing world. According to Greenpeace, China had become the dumping ground for more than half of the planet’s scrap, at its peak importing almost 9 million tonnes of plastic trash annually. A paper,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2154105/now-china-refuses-be-dumping-ground-worlds-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2154105/now-china-refuses-be-dumping-ground-worlds-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jul 2018 12:03:00 +0000