Japan's 2018 plastic waste shipments fall 30% after China's import ban

Japan's shipments of plastic waste overseas in 2018 decreased 30 percent, figures from a research institute showed Thursday, hit by restrictions China imposed on receiving such waste in late 2017.Japan exported about 1.01 million tons of plastic waste in 2018, down from 1.43 million tons the previous year, according to the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, with shipments to China plunging to 100,000 tons last year from 1.02 million tons.China, a major importer of plastic and other waste, imposed an import ban on nonindustrial plastic waste and restricted imports of industrial p…READ FULL ARTICLE