Plastics: India
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Plastic waste
2017-18: imports from EU
May 27, 2018: The Times of India
From: May 27, 2018: The Times of India
China used to process half the world’s plastic waste until last year, but starting January it decided not to accept any more ‘dirty’ plastics, such as bottles with paper wrappers on them, because mixed materials are hard to recycle. Low-grade plastic waste was simply burnt in open pits, worsening air pollution. The European Union was hit hardest by China’s ban because it doesn’t have spare land for landfills and recycles about a third of its plastic waste. Where the EU used to earn £25-40 per tonne of plastic waste, now it is paying importers £40-60 per tonne. Malaysia has become the top importer with a four-fold increase. India’s plastic waste imports have also more than doubled.
