EU waste exports to China plummet / Southeast Asia takes up some slack / Strong Chinese demand for high-quality recyclates drives prices up
The numbers speak volumes. In January 2018, figures recently published by Eurostat show that German exports of plastic waste to China and the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong were stuck at less than a tenth of the level seen in January 2017. For full-year 2017, volumes were only half that of 2016. For some waste types, such as PE, the decline was even more dramatic. For example, shipments to the People's Republic in January 2018 totalled only around 2% of the January 2017 volume. For EU... (20.04.2018)