China’s withdrawal from the global scrap market- What will be the consequences?

China has always been the largest scrap importer in the world since 1980. Scrap has long been known as ‘foreign trash’ among Chinese people because of the extensive revenue generated via scrap trading and reuse. Where the world seems to be busy with reducing ocean pollution, China has been the biggest hub for treating and reprocessing scrap waste.

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Research conducted by the government showed that by the end of 2012, up to 56% of the plastic waste exported globally ended up in Chinese scrap markets. During that time, this scrap was a major source of raw material for exponentially growing Chinese manufacturing industries but it had its harms too which went totally unnoticed. Due to poor supervision and careless monitoring of quality control, the debris caused many environmental and critical health problems among the people. Extreme levels of lead were found in the blood samples of 80% of the children living in the town.

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