U.S. recycling leaders who are closely tied to export markets say China's proposed prohibition on recovered plastic and paper imports could drive changes all the way back to the curb. In a filing with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in July, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection said recycled PET, PE, PVC, PS and "other" plastics - as well as unsorted mixed paper, textiles and some trace metals - would be banned from import into the country later this year.
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