GIBE Article - As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home

Environment + Energy

❐ As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home

2019 Jul 19

Plastic waste from Australia in Port Klang, Malaysia. Malaysia says it will send back some 3,300 tons of nonrecyclable plastic waste to countries including the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia. AP Photo/Vincent Thian

A year after China stopped accepting most scrap material exports, other Asian countries are following Beijing's lead, forcing wealthy nations to find domestic solutions for managing their wastes.