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    China embargoes foreign waste, Japan allows temporary storage of plastic waste to double

    • Last Update: 2022-08-17
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    The Ministry of the Environment of Japan has basically determined that it will increase the upper limit of the amount of plastic waste that domestic waste disposal units can temporarily store to twice the current amou.


    The Ministry of Environment of Japan plans to revise the provincial decree on the basis of soliciting public opinions from the 27th to July 27th, and it will be implemented in late Augu.


    Currently, the amount of plastic waste that can be stored is limited to the 14-day amount that can be handled per day per un.


    According to the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, the domestic discharge of plastic waste is about 9 million tons per year, of which more than 1 million tons are exported overse.


    According to a survey conducted by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment at the end of February 2019, 13% of local governments confirmed that there were processing units that exceeded the storage lim.


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