Flipping the Value of Plastic Waste on its Head
In January 2018 China stopped buying recycled plastic scrap that was not 99.5% pure. This seemingly abrupt turnaround shone a strong spotlight on the world’s broken model of plastic waste management: now we are seeing a cascade of events that confirm our worst fears, without transformational new methods for managing our plastic waste we are rapidly heading towards a global plastic disaster.
Yet it does not have to be this way. (Plastics Today)