According to French International Radio reported on January 6, Germany sells tens of thousands of tons of rubbish each year to China for recycling, but now China does not say anything against foreign rubbish, which brings tremendous problems to Germany. Germany has to seek The new way, because Germany can not digest the garbage mountain itself.
The report quoted Southwest Broadcasting Station as saying that Germany's trash to China is mainly plastic, which amounts to 800,000 tons a year, accounting for about 1/7 of Germany's plastic waste. China pays about 200 euros per ton of plastic waste at a good price .
According to the U.S. Huffington Post, the number of broke the news was even higher, saying that the amount of plastic trash going to China is about 1.5 million tons, more than half that of plastic trash in Germany. In addition, Germany exported electrical and waste paper to China.
The Huffington Post said that it was a shame for Germany to transport the rubbish now because Germany's rubbish treatment plants could not handle all the rubbish caused by the Germans.From the 1990s to the present, Tons increased to about 3 million tons, almost doubled.
According to the German packaging law, Germany's current plastic waste is only 36% recycled, many old plastics are burned, and the recycling rate of plastic waste will not increase to 63% by 2022.
The German Federation of Waste, Water and Raw Materials Economics asked Germany to invest in recycling, and Southwestern Radio believes that some of the rubbish in Germany can be packaged and stored, waiting for 'good times' and partly for shipment to India.