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This is why China is banning foreign waste

A worker picks rubbish from waste paper to be shipped to mainland China at a factory in Hong Kong, China September 19, 2017. Picture taken September 19, 2017.     REUTERS/Bobby Yip

China is banning the import of foreign waste, and instead replacing these materials with its own recycling Image: REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Christine Cole
Research Fellow, Nottingham Trent University
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