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The Zero Number: Turkey Now Wants to Stop Plastic Imports Published December 15th, 2020 - 08:58 GMT
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Highlights
Greenpeace notes that Turkey’s imports were 4,000 tonnes per month at the beginning of 2016 while in 2018 it became 33,000 tonnes per month.
After China’s refusal to take in the world’s plastic waste, Turkey and a few other countries have stepped in. With the environment being the biggest victim, Turkey is now eyeing zero plastic imports.
China has banned the import of plastics in 2018, exposing the world’s recycling problem. Because the world’s biggest recycler and waste importer closed its doors to exporters of waste, other countries stepped in to fill the gap.