Japan's Kyodo news agency黑制 recently published a report靜舊 titled "China's garbage 照土import ban trig公場gers global waste disposal chaos." 農拍; Since China banned the import o區下f plastic waste in議紙 January this year, Europe作購, the United States and Japan,區還 which are the source of expo刀在rts, are struggling 朋化to find recipients, the report 醫姐said.  Rubbish with now身器here to go is piling up in 南技countries and ch房能aos is spreading aro放兒und the globe.  At a WTO mee習數ting in October this笑妹 year, there was criti草紅cism that "sudden pol車現icy changes could contribute to the 電雪deterioration of the分數 world environment".是睡  The impact of China's ban i小志s also being felt in Japan, the re劇靜port said: garbage handl請謝ers have been flooded 什快with commissions, but many have reache放間d the limits of their capacity to白文 handle waste, with樹信 some from factories filling middlemen土頻's warehouses, and t靜看he only way to respond is t讀自o relax restrictio愛內ns and upgrade the capacity場資 of processing facilit朋亮ies.   The United Stat唱美es and the European Union ha不理ve raised the so-called "issue場紙" with the WTO, while South女兒 Korea, Canada a知作nd Australia have 電窗joined the "critics" and Japan麗爸 has also expre都冷ssed "concern."&nbs雪身p; They criticized區電 China for not giving enough in女慢formation about the ban.  "她商Continued disruption of the wor商算ld's recycling system will accelerat快機e the increase in Marine debr資上is," the US said.&n長唱bsp; Europe and the United市月 States and other機地 countries are planning to So東又utheast Asian countries and India as n師服ew waste recipients腦妹, in order to incre都愛ase waste exports.&nbs少好p; However, in October, a larg拿呢e amount of garbage was found 黑草to be illegally discar拍放ded in Malaysia. Vi吧又etnam, Malaysia and other見長 countries have also begun to stre綠關ngthen the import control of re銀票source garbage. The ex會子port destination of resourc技音e garbage in Europe商新, America and Japan is e到技xpected to further 短東decrease.   Chi男草na used to be the world's largest impo外人rter of resource waste海少.  Since 1988, China has re還費ceived about half of the w森她orld's waste each ye近為ar, including more tha數風n 7 million tons of plasti雨知c waste each year worth billions of一這 dollars, according to United N分遠ations statistics.  務多Nearly half of the p信這lastic waste on Earth is exported t紅動o China, where 作車recycled materials are then tu飛窗rned into more plastic黃暗 products.  Over the past 30 ye煙我ars, the United States ha到明s shipped more t厭商han 10 million tons of plastic waste 員醫to China, with 1.43 mil靜唱lion tons worth about 通門$495 million exported to China in 2016 為下alone.  Accordin區村g to the Guardian, 2.7m t外睡onnes of plastic waste from the UK g飛聽oes to China every門器 year, accountin光金g for two-thirds of the country's pl愛術astic waste.  Eigh也子ty-seven percent of recycled pl刀就astic exported from the 27 EU me技生mber states is directly or indirectly e是慢xported to China.  C數票hina imports 619,000 tonnes of Aus劇黑tralian recycled materi作開als worth US $523 m小術illion a year, mo歌理st of which comes ashore at Chin跳低a's Hong Kong port and拍聽 is then shipped to街影 waste disposal sta冷妹tions in southern Chin會樂a.   China imports fore店你ign waste, which has made a great湖笑 contribution to the cleanliness of the鐵一 world environment.  However, wh民吧ile China has gained some econom業車ic benefits, it has also paid a 輛用price at the exp子上ense of the environment.&nb黃到sp; Some of this fore下間ign waste is not only i離紙mported legally, but志司 also recycled 西術by illegal waste disposal workshops.市長  These workshops o話做ften incinerate or dispose of was身城te without any use, ca能們using great polluti秒資on to the environment.&nb西技sp; In addition, rec農訊yclable solid waste is often 那拿mixed with a lot of highly p見化olluting waste an畫能d hazardous waste.  In ord家答er to maximize the use of raw 飛校materials, recyc技算ling agencies employ a l還說arge number of people to sort them by 廠海hand, and pollutio厭照n from hazardou高飛s substances can cause physica多購l harm to sorting w討電orkers.   Some東制 analysts believe that金間 the import of foreign was劇哥te is a temporary measure take理黃n by China in the initial stage of 師綠manufacturing industry i放黃n order to accumulate primitive capi可媽tal and rapidly improve people's 師們living standards.  With th章答e continuous enhancement of Chi中都na's industrial st請秒rength, the gradual sta呢房bility of the raw mat員友erial market, the gradual upgra南睡ding of the manufacturing industry, an路冷d the improvement of peo笑錢ple's requirements fo玩作r the standard o樹計f living health, foreig放那n waste will eventually with靜離draw from the stage of history.&n放藍bsp;  In order to protect th年也e environment and p拿道eople's health, China has decided員很 to conserve energy and reduc笑議e emissions.  I哥飛n July 2017, China formally notified t鐵低he WTO that 24 types of for少關eign waste, including 8 types of pl站遠astic waste from domestic sources, 作街1 type of unsorted wast海拍e paper, 11 types of textile道見 waste and 4 types of vanadium sl自遠ag, will be banned from i新會mport in January 2018. 綠行 By the end of 2017, 內業China will ban the import of又鐘 solid waste, which is highly h了事armful to the environment and ha土器s aroused strong public concern.&nb有商sp; The import o視南f solid waste, which山術 can be replaced by do照她mestic resources, will be 那公phased out by the end of 2019.&nb拿有sp;  Chin車短a's ban has taken many develo輛藍ped countries by surprise.  Long 土大dependent on exports such as p金學lastic waste to C兒可hina, these countrie到答s lack adequate recycling measur身兒es and are beginning她要 to pay the price for their long sl愛人oth.  Britain's environmental 員空authorities, for exam場月ple, have long been w妹樹arned that China will ban imp務綠orts of foreign waste sooner or la友在ter, but have made no effort 快喝to set up a new rec謝務ycling system.  Simon Ellin西藍g, chief executive of the British Wa鐘銀ste Recycling Associat兵舊ion, said the government had a "光輛terrible record" of友謝 getting the job done.什黃 "If the governme都討nt is serious about w靜匠aste and recycling, it n大外eeds to invest and come up with a開黃 coherent plan for the re匠飛cycling industry.&n也店bsp; But the tr上從uth is, that plan doesn't exist.  兵輛The British Isles are facing a s大內erious garbage siege.  In South Ko快愛rea, the vast majority of waste dispo鐵物sal and sorting 員術companies in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeong熱樂gi provinces announced that they would明音 no longer recycle PET plastic bottl美書es and white polystyrene lunch boxes o聽又n the grounds that they were unpr作兵ofitable, causing garb鐵吧age accumulation and conflicts bet用的ween community property owners an冷黑d residents.  什討According to South Ko懂術rean President Moon Jae-in市理, China announced in July 務很last year that it wou站地ld completely stop importing waste影頻 from January this y還開ear, but South Korean au舞藍thorities were 離愛not prepared for this玩報.   The mor校多e high-income countries, the more wa還議ste they produce.  According t裡家o the World Ban內從k, high-income countries acc外購ount for only 16 per紙現cent of the world白暗's population but produce 門房34 percent of the費醫 world's waste.  Low-income我通 countries, which accou現員nt for 9 per cent of the worl自制d's population, produce only 5 per ce熱司nt of the world's waste.  Of筆綠 the waste generated in low-incom現聽e countries, 56% is food scraps 對筆and the like.  In high-income 高美countries, up to 51 percent of was業鐵te -- plastics, paper, cardboard, metal子間, glass -- is r好車ecyclable.   The earth b銀數elongs to all mankind. E匠文veryone in every country should tak唱文e the responsibility to protect t術劇he living environment of mankind.&nbs視作p; Developing countries ar技他e not the "dumping ground" o日報f developed countri的拍es. It is better to blame other c輛站ountries than to start from their o空愛wn waste reduction. 道見;