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China's Waste Import Ban: Environmental Wake-up Call (2018x12)

Date de diffusion: Mai 12, 2018

We discard countless plastic bottles every day. Now, millions of tons of plastic garbage have nowhere to go because China, once the biggest importer, stopped accepting it this year. Recycling alone won't resolve the issue. We explore the latest approaches and discuss the alternatives with experts. Guests: Yu Jeongsoo (Professor, Tohoku University) Sadao Harada (Associate Professor, Osaka University of Commerce)