DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104607
论文题名: Modelling the global impact of China's ban on plastic waste imports
作者: Huang Q. ; Chen G. ; Wang Y. ; Chen S. ; Xu L. ; Wang R.
刊名: Resources, Conservation and Recycling
ISSN: 9213449
出版年: 2020
卷: 154 语种: 英语
英文关键词: China's waste import ban
; Ecological network analysis
; Hypothetical extraction method
; Multiregional input-output model
; Structure path analysis
Scopus关键词: Ecology
; Extraction
; International trade
; Losses
; Plastic products
; Regression analysis
; Waste treatment
; China's waste import ban
; Ecological network analysis
; Extraction method
; Input output model
; Path analysis
; Plastic recycling
; governance approach
; import
; input-output analysis
; modeling
; plastic waste
; policy analysis
; pollution policy
; recycling
; trade flow
; waste management
; waste treatment
; article
; China
; European Union
; extraction
; Germany
; government
; path analysis
; plastic waste
; recycling
; China
英文摘要: China has long been the world's leading plastic waste importer. However, in January 2018 the Chinese Government enacted a new policy to permanently ban the import of most plastic waste into the country. This raises an important question: what will the impact of this policy be both domestically and globally? It is argued that the answer to this question can in part be systematically revealed by employing three methods of analysis. (1) A combined multiregional input-output model with structural path analysis (SPA) to understand how consumption patterns domestically and globally drive China's plastic waste imports. (2) An ecological network analysis to identify which region is the dominant controller of the global plastic waste trade network. Lastly, (3) a hypothetical extraction method to investigate the value-added change for China and the increased requirement of waste treatment capacity for other economies. The results indicate that the imported plastic waste was mainly driven by China's domestic consumption of products containing recycled plastic. Given this demand, it is recommended that the Chinese Government undertake various actions to increase local plastic waste recycling to compensate for the loss of recycled plastic material since the import ban took place. China is a dominant controller, along with the US, the European Union and Germany of the global plastic waste trade network. At this stage it is not possible for other large economies to replace the role of China in the short term. China's waste import ban caused a minor economic loss for China, however, it has resulted in the need for other economies to increase their waste treatment capacity. As well as increasing local plastic waste recycling, it is recommended the Chinese Government consider reopening imports for high quality recycled material and to seek global collaboration, which would not only ease the shortage of recycled plastic material but also buy time for other economies to build new waste treatment plants. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/158900
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作者单位: School of Statistics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Institute of National Accounts, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Sustainability Assessment Program (SAP), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW SydneyNSW 2052, Australia; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China; School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
Recommended Citation:
Huang Q.,Chen G.,Wang Y.,et al. Modelling the global impact of China's ban on plastic waste imports[J]. Resources, Conservation and Recycling,2020-01-01,154