The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade
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- 1 June 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Advances
- Vol. 4 (6), eaat0131
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat0131
Abstract
For decades China imported much of the world’s plastic waste; but a recent import ban requires new ideas and systemic change.Keywords
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