Thailand plans to stop all imports of foreign plastic scrap by 2021 as it joins other countries in Southeast Asia looking to stem an influx of waste products used to be recycled in China. This follows limitations set by Vietnam and Malaysia on plastic waste imports. Fleshing out details of the ban, which was initially announced in June, government officials told reporters that Thailand needed two years to implement the policy as some recently-granted import licenses ran until 2021. Imports of rubbish into Thailand and neighbouring countries have surged since China halted most imports of plastic rubbish and electronic scrap in January. Thailand’s growing mountain of foreign rubbish has inflamed public opinion recently after complaints from local communities about pollution from the facilities set up to process it.

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