Waste Mitigation/Reuse S21

Government

• lack of foresight on a new contractual deal
• Some cities try to get a more favorable deal
• bureaucratic failure

Waste Management

• increase of price per ton from $51.15 to $96
• failure to make a deal that all cities would accept
• Lack on necessary foresight on Chinese law

China

• no longer accepts loads of mixed plastics and papers
• require less contamination in the recycling
• Overall accepting lower amounts of recycling