CHINA’S BLOCK ON IMPORTED WASTE PLASTICS MAYBE LONG TERM
October 1st, 2008
BY MARK GODFREY and ALAN OSBORN
MANUFACTURERS at China's largest trade fair say falling orders mean China is unlikely to ease an effective moratorium on imports of recyclable plastics anytime soon. Producers of plastic-based household items at the bi-annual Canton Fair in Guangzhou, in China's key southern manufacturing belt, told Plastics & Rubber Weekly that a dramatic decline in exports of toys and household goods had prompted the Chinese government to impede the import of waste plastic, and the market could remain closed for a year or more. A formal ban ...
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