Kate O’Neill, University of California, Berkeley China, the world’s largest importer of scrap, is looking to clean up its act. In July 2017 China, which is by far the world’s largest importer and recycler of scrap metals, plastic and paper, notified the World Trade Organization that it planned to effectively ban imports of 24 types of Read more about Will China’s crackdown on ‘foreign garbage’ force wealthy countries to recycle more of their own waste?[…]