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
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and 9am 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 from abroad. But the government is stopping that
The commerce part of the faraday deal. The initial hang up last night that brought everything to a halt was a problem with part of the bill that touches on water rights. Senator Pete Goicoechea spearheaded the opposition that were told was fairly large. Leading to the senate adjourning relatively early last night. That led to a new bill being drafted and sent over to the assembly as ab 2. ryann juden city of North Las Vegas cwhile we stand in support of sb 1, were very appreciative to this body for all the work theyve done, section 28. 4 is an area that does cause some issues for nlv, its something we hope we can try and work out on the other side. Patrick Walker that part city of North Las Vegas assistant city manager ryann juden is referring to. Relates to the city of North Las Vegas being on the hook for bond payments. George knapp joins me now. And george. What do you make of the public testimony . george knapp it reinforces what weve been reporting up here about the sensitivity an