China and the European Union (EU) recently finalized very different rules for the classification and regulation of black mass, a material resulting from the initial step of processing end-of-life ...

China’s war on garbage is as digitally savvy as the country itself. Think QR codes attached to trash bags that allow a municipal government to trace exactly where its trash comes from. On July 1, the ...

China has launched a national action plan to reform solid waste management, setting new targets for packaging waste, recycling and circular economy compliance.

Local residents in China's capital may start thinking twice before throwing an apple core into a bin for non-recyclable garbage as they may soon face a fine up to 200 yuan (30 U.S. dollars). To ...

The Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) says its sources in the People’s Republic of China have confirmed that China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) intends to ban the ...

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