Mainland refuses 'foreign rubbish', which has caused British recyclers to panic. According to Taiwan media's environmental magazine "Resource," these 'foreign wastes' are therefore transferred to Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan, where exports to Taiwan are increased by 10 times. many.
Reports said that in the past, the United Kingdom had not been able to send its own waste back to the mainland. However, this year, the mainland began rejecting. This staggering amount of waste had to go to Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
According to HMRC data, in the first four months of this year, the amount of waste plastics exported to the United Kingdom by the United Kingdom tripled. It is the largest country to receive British plastic waste. In addition, the export to Thailand has experienced an explosion of 50 percent. Times, Taiwan also increased by as much as 10 times.
Jacob Hayler, director of the British Environmental Service Association (ESA), warned that it is difficult for these regions to completely replace the capacity of the mainland to receive waste, and the UK itself must expand the infrastructure for investment recovery.
It is understood that the Taiwan authorities have overridden the 'plastic limit order' and even restricted the supply of straws by the island's pearl milk tea makers. 'Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Agency' Zhan Shungui' can use spoons to drink pearl milk tea. It even ignites the public's anger.
In response to this, the Taiwanese netizens wrote a message saying, 'Restricting internal plastics, accepting rubbish to foreign countries, what is the situation', 'Ghost Island to become a garbage island, Oh,' 'Prohibited straws, garbage collection, really funny', 'blue green garbage It's a perfect match to attract foreign garbage. 'The Director of Environmental Protection should resign.'