World Wakes to Perils of Plastics
Just as countries around the world get serious about their plastic waste, a change in Chinese import policy will leave 111 million tons of recycled plastic with nowhere to go between now and 2030.
Jan 15, 2019 10:06 PMNov 18, 2019 3:15 AM
The Maldives, a low-lying island nation in the Indian Ocean already feeling the effects of climate change, has mountains -- of trash, including discarded plastics. The artificial island of Thilafushi was created in the early 1990s as a municipal landfill. | Mohamed Abdulraheem/Shutterstock
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