路旺村停止回收塑料

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汤姆•汉考克, 中国禁止进口洋垃圾打击废品处理行业; 中国从本月起禁止进口多种洋垃圾，有 '废品回收者天堂' 之称、专门从英国进口塑料垃圾的路旺村变得异常安静。金融时报, Jan 16, 2018
https://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075958

, which is translated from

Tom Hancock, China's Recyclers Left Idle by Waste Import Ban. Financial Times, Jan 16, 2018.

Quote:

(a) "For years the smell of melted plastic permeated the Chinese village of Luwang  

(b) "* * *ZHENG Min, who was guarding the village's government office in east China's Shandong province. Government inspectors swept through the village last May, he added, shutting its recycling companies.

" 'All our development has been dependent on plastic. Some people made millions from recycling and developed large companies. Now it's all gone. I never expected the government to take such measures, ' he added.

"This month China began enforcing rules banning the import of 24 grades of solid waste, including mixed paper and plastics.   

(c) "The Local government paid villagers a subsidy worth 30 per cent of the cost of their equipment in return for closing, said Mr Zheng.

Workers " 'now have to leave the village to find paid work. They will earn Rmb2,000-3,000 ($310-465) a month, compared with Rmb5,000-10,000 a month before,' he added.

My comment:
(a) Luwang  山东省烟台市栖霞市寨里镇路旺村
(b) There is no need to read the rest of the English edition.