This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am here in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in beijing, where chinas government has introduced new restrictions on the import of foreign waste much of it dirty or hazardous. The country has been importing large amounts of waste plastic and paper every year from europe, japan, and the United States to be recycled. Its estimated that china accepted 51 of global plastic scrap imports in 2016. But the new ban, ordered by the beijing government, is about to stop most of that, and it could have a Significant Impact on recycling industry worldwide. Robin brant reports from shanghai. China has been recycling for decades. Hes made a living out of bashing, breaking up, and disassembling. Hes been doing it for five years. Its hard work, he tells me. Tiring. But hes not a green warrior. He does it because theres money in it. China needs the raw materials, so much so that Chinese Workers have been sorting through your waste shipped in fro
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