Can IT clean up its act? Many developing countries host IT production, but China is a global centre. “It is shocking,” said Ma Jun, director of Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), the Beijing-based nonprofit organisation at the centre of the Apple story, referring to the wastewater, hazardous waste and...
New regulations for import of solid waste affecting China plastics recycling industry From “Plastics News • China” Guangzhou (November 15, 2011) With the strict implementation of the first import of a new solid waste regulations by Guangzhou Customs in the country, the amount of plastic waste imports decreased by 80% or...
China will invest 5.4 trillion yuan for environmental protection in the period of Twelfth Five-Year Plan On September 22, the seventh Forum on Environment and evelopment sponsored by the China Environment Federation was held in Beijing. From domestic and foreign experts, scholars, government officials and international organizations, more than 400 people...
European plastics recycling and waste plastics exports to Asia Bad situation in Europe in recent years, the current market conditions have forced more and more recycling plant closures. Association of European plastics recycling and processing the results EuPR to blame the current currency exchange rates, in October 2009 a long winter...
China to impose green tax on heavy polluters China is to impose an environmental tax on heavy polluters under an ambitious clean-up strategy being finalized in Beijing, according to experts familiar with the programme. The tax will be included alongside the world’s most ambitious renewable energy scheme and fresh efforts to...
