In that year alone it had taken in seven million tonnes of plastic scrap and many environmental campaigners considered it a victory when China clamped down. But with nowhere to go, the bulk of the ...
The Southeast Asian nation has emerged as a major importer of plastic scrap in recent years after China, once the top player in the industry, banned imports in 2018. Vietnam was the world's fourth ...
That was well short of the 420,000 tons of plastic scrap Vietnam imported last year, which was up 11% from 2022, according to U.N. data, which does not capture the entire volume.
The Co-op has become the latest supermarket chain to say it will stop selling plastic "bags for life". The retailer, which has 2,600 shops, said many people only used the 10p bags once before ...