July 22 reported the Japanese media said that China since the end of 2017 to stop imports of waste plastics, Japan caused a great impact. Waste plastic exporters are on the verge of bankruptcy, and canon and other companies are forced to look for new buyers of waste plastics. If waste plastics are used, the waste can become a resource.
But Japan does not have the capacity to recycle all the waste plastics it has received in China, and it can only be buried and incinerated at the moment. "Japan's economic News" July 19 published a report entitled "Waste plastics stranded in Japan," China's July 2017 to the WTO notified China to stop importing some plastic and paper, the actual cessation of imports since 2018. China imports about 7.3 million tonnes of waste plastic in 2016 years, equivalent to more than half of the world's waste plastic exports.
Including through Hong Kong, China imports about 1.3 million tonnes of waste plastic from Japan, accounting for more than 80% of Japan's waste plastic exports.
In China, a variety of plastics are sorted by hand, and plastic is dissolved at high temperatures to make groceries and daily necessities, the report said. It is reported that water and air pollution can occur in the process of plastics recycling. China bans imports of waste plastics to address pollution problems.
The world's waste plastics have lost their home. Waste plastics exporters are in trouble. Rongsheng, located in the city of Fukuoka County, started bankruptcy proceedings in the Fukuoka District Court in March. "The bankruptcy or closure of domestic waste plastics exporters will emerge in succession," said the head of the Ministry of Information at the Tokyo Business and industry research company.
' reported that the Asian star Business Company will waste plastics from Japan to China, processed into products and then sold to local enterprises, but now this is not feasible. Processing plants in Shanghai, China, will be closed during the year.
If the products can be exported to China after processing in Japan, the Asian star Business Company invests hundreds of millions of yen to increase the monthly production capacity in the factory of Cicheng County in the city of Qianye County, and will set up a new waste plastic crushing treatment plant in August. Companies are also being forced to respond. Canon can no longer sell waste plastics as a commodity to Chinese companies, only to burn them domestically. The head of the company said: ' We are looking for renewable resources in Japan (which can be reused for plastics, etc.) to receive all of our waste plastic.
' Japan cannot suddenly increase the classification and reuse of waste plastics equipment, at present only a certain amount of waste plastics incineration and burial treatment. Countries have tightened controls on waste plastics and are hard to export to countries outside China.
There are also enterprises to export waste plastics to Southeast Asian countries, but Thailand is discussing the ban on imports of waste plastics.
According to the Plastics Recycling Association statistics, 2016 Japan as recycled plastic and fiber raw materials used in 23% of waste plastics, if the proportion of further increase, it can have a positive impact on the Japanese economy. Some enterprises have been challenged. The Japanese Environmental design company will sell its own branded garments made from recycled materials from old clothing and old plastic bottles in August. The company's president, Shang, said the purchase price of plastic bottles would fall. China's environmental controls have brought the wind.