Local governments in China are trying to better regulate the plastics recycling industry, sometimes at the expense of job losses and market
disruption. In Wen'an, Heibei province, nearly 100,000 people are
reportedly jobless from a recent crackdown.
Aiming to stop the pollution caused by washing and reprocessing plastic scrap and to improve the local environment, according to the Beijing News, Wen'an's government started in July what it called "the most forceful campaign" in July, not only shutting down recycling operations, but also blocking trucks that carry raw plastics waste from entering the town, known as "the capital of plastics scrap" in North China.
Unlike previous crackdowns, the report said, the new town officials are enforcing the ongoing campaign thoroughly and consistently. They dissemble and confiscate processing equipment, and even shut down power supply.
About 125 miles away, scrap collectors and brokers in Beijing saw their inventory rise and prices drop, with the exception of PET bottles, which are recycled in Beijing.
A trade group official told the Beijing News that Beijing generates 1,800 metric tons of plastic waste every day, the majority of it landfilled. The recyclable ones, estimated to be 200 to 300 metric tons, mostly end up in Wen'an.
But since the majority of plastics scrap that flow into Wen'an is imported, the current crackdown has also lead to pileup of imported plastic waste in nearby ports.
Source
goo.gl/A2Na4
Aiming to stop the pollution caused by washing and reprocessing plastic scrap and to improve the local environment, according to the Beijing News, Wen'an's government started in July what it called "the most forceful campaign" in July, not only shutting down recycling operations, but also blocking trucks that carry raw plastics waste from entering the town, known as "the capital of plastics scrap" in North China.
Unlike previous crackdowns, the report said, the new town officials are enforcing the ongoing campaign thoroughly and consistently. They dissemble and confiscate processing equipment, and even shut down power supply.
About 125 miles away, scrap collectors and brokers in Beijing saw their inventory rise and prices drop, with the exception of PET bottles, which are recycled in Beijing.
A trade group official told the Beijing News that Beijing generates 1,800 metric tons of plastic waste every day, the majority of it landfilled. The recyclable ones, estimated to be 200 to 300 metric tons, mostly end up in Wen'an.
But since the majority of plastics scrap that flow into Wen'an is imported, the current crackdown has also lead to pileup of imported plastic waste in nearby ports.
Source
goo.gl/A2Na4
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