中國禁止進(jìn)口洋垃圾 英國著急了……
本月，中國正式啟動洋垃圾入境新規(guī)，這一消息讓英國廢物回收業(yè)界不知所措。因?yàn)檫^去英國每年運(yùn)往中國50萬噸廢料，現(xiàn)在終止，英國沒有能力處理如此大量的廢料。如何脫離危機(jī)？英國政府目前也沒招。
Experts predict growing chaos in the United Kingdom as materials build up at recycling plants around Britain following China's global ban on importing millions of metric tons of plastic waste.
專家預(yù)計(jì)，中國禁止進(jìn)口來自全球的數(shù)百萬噸塑料垃圾之后，英國各地的處理廠將堆滿垃圾，情況將越來越混亂。
Simon Ellin, chief executive of the UK Recycling Association, a group that represents more than 80 UK recycling organizations, has called for urgent action, saying his members are already seeing lower-grade plastics pile up.
英國回收協(xié)會董事長西蒙-埃林呼吁采取緊急行動。他表示，協(xié)會成員已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)劣質(zhì)垃圾越堆越多。該協(xié)會成員包括80多家英國垃圾回收機(jī)構(gòu)。
China was the main destination of the world's recyclable plastic but, since Monday, Beijing has banned 24 types of imported waste, including plastic and mixed paper.
中國曾經(jīng)是全球可回收利用塑料垃圾的主要接收國，但自本周一（1月1日）以來，中國已禁止進(jìn)口24種廢棄物，包括廢塑料和未經(jīng)分揀的廢紙。
The move was part of the Chinese government's campaign against "foreign garbage", which it has described as harmful to the environment and public health.
這項(xiàng)舉措是中國政府打擊“洋垃圾”整治行動的一部分，政府稱“洋垃圾”對環(huán)境和公共衛(wèi)生有害。
Ellin said the ramifications of the ban are already apparent in some of his members' yards.
埃林說，協(xié)會一些成員的垃圾處理廠已經(jīng)受到這一禁令的影響。
"Plastics are building up," he said. "If you were to go around those yards in a couple of months' time, the situation would be even worse."
他說：“垃圾越堆越多。如果你過幾個月再去看看，會發(fā)現(xiàn)情況更糟糕。”
Previously, the UK exported almost two-thirds of its total waste to China with UK businesses shipping more than 2.7 million tons of plastic waste to China since 2024, according to data from environmental group Greenpeace.
此前，英國將全部垃圾的近三分之二出口到中國。根據(jù)環(huán)保機(jī)構(gòu)綠色和平組織的數(shù)據(jù)，自2024年以來，英國船運(yùn)到中國的廢塑料超過270萬噸。
Ellin said many UK recyclers stopped shipping plastic to the world's second-largest economy in the autumn because of fears it might not arrive before the deadline.
埃林說，去年秋季，很多英國回收站不再將廢塑料發(fā)船運(yùn)往中國，因?yàn)樗麄儞?dān)心在禁令生效前無法運(yùn)達(dá)。
"We have relied on exporting plastic recycling to China for 20 years and now people do not know what is going to happen," he told the Guardian newspaper."A lot of (our members) are now sitting back and seeing what comes out of the woodwork, but people are very worried."
他對《衛(wèi)報(bào)》表示：“過去20年我們一直依賴于把廢塑料出口到中國去，現(xiàn)在大家不知道接下來該怎么辦了。現(xiàn)在我們很多成員就這么干耗著，等著看會發(fā)生什么，但人們非常擔(dān)心。”
He warned that local authorities' recycling efforts in the UK will bear the brunt of the ban in the short term.
他提醒說，短期內(nèi)，英國地方當(dāng)局的回收工作將首先受到?jīng)_擊。
"If it no longer pays for our members to take this waste and sort it once it has been collected by councils, then that might stop," Ellin said. "This might mean that councils no longer collect recycling in the same way. It could be chaos, it really could."
埃林說：“如果地方議會的相關(guān)部門收了垃圾后不再為我們的成員支付收取和分類的費(fèi)用，那有可能垃圾就不能得到處理了。這可能意味著地方議會要換個辦法去回收處理。這會引起混亂，真的會。”
目前，英國正在思考垃圾的未來去向，短期做法是將廢物出口到越南和印度等國家，但這些國家能夠接收的規(guī)模有限，如果采取焚燒的方式處理，還將面臨一系列環(huán)境問題。
The recycling business will now have to look to alternative destinations, such as Malaysia and Vietnam for their exports.
垃圾回收企業(yè)如今必須尋找其他的出口地了，比如馬來西亞和越南。
But some industry experts believe China's decision to shut its doors could be an opportunity for the UK to develop its recycling infrastructure.
但一些業(yè)內(nèi)專家認(rèn)為，中國對洋垃圾關(guān)上大門對英國發(fā)展自身的回收設(shè)施來說也是個機(jī)遇。
西蒙-埃林對BBC稱：“（中國的禁令）對我們而言是巨大的打擊……我們行業(yè)的游戲規(guī)則被改變了……我們國內(nèi)根本就沒有這個市場。這意味著我們的行業(yè)將發(fā)生重大變化。”
廢紙?zhí)幚砉綢WPP的一名員工表示：“我一點(diǎn)都不夸張地說，行業(yè)供應(yīng)鏈將受到極大的影響。”
Ellin said there is a need to look at the "entire system from producing less, to better, simpler design, to standardized recycling".
埃林說，需要審視“從減少生產(chǎn)，到改善并簡化設(shè)計(jì)，再到標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化回收的整個系統(tǒng)。”
本月，中國正式啟動洋垃圾入境新規(guī)，這一消息讓英國廢物回收業(yè)界不知所措。因?yàn)檫^去英國每年運(yùn)往中國50萬噸廢料，現(xiàn)在終止，英國沒有能力處理如此大量的廢料。如何脫離危機(jī)？英國政府目前也沒招。
Experts predict growing chaos in the United Kingdom as materials build up at recycling plants around Britain following China's global ban on importing millions of metric tons of plastic waste.
專家預(yù)計(jì)，中國禁止進(jìn)口來自全球的數(shù)百萬噸塑料垃圾之后，英國各地的處理廠將堆滿垃圾，情況將越來越混亂。
Simon Ellin, chief executive of the UK Recycling Association, a group that represents more than 80 UK recycling organizations, has called for urgent action, saying his members are already seeing lower-grade plastics pile up.
英國回收協(xié)會董事長西蒙-埃林呼吁采取緊急行動。他表示，協(xié)會成員已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)劣質(zhì)垃圾越堆越多。該協(xié)會成員包括80多家英國垃圾回收機(jī)構(gòu)。
China was the main destination of the world's recyclable plastic but, since Monday, Beijing has banned 24 types of imported waste, including plastic and mixed paper.
中國曾經(jīng)是全球可回收利用塑料垃圾的主要接收國，但自本周一（1月1日）以來，中國已禁止進(jìn)口24種廢棄物，包括廢塑料和未經(jīng)分揀的廢紙。
The move was part of the Chinese government's campaign against "foreign garbage", which it has described as harmful to the environment and public health.
這項(xiàng)舉措是中國政府打擊“洋垃圾”整治行動的一部分，政府稱“洋垃圾”對環(huán)境和公共衛(wèi)生有害。
Ellin said the ramifications of the ban are already apparent in some of his members' yards.
埃林說，協(xié)會一些成員的垃圾處理廠已經(jīng)受到這一禁令的影響。
"Plastics are building up," he said. "If you were to go around those yards in a couple of months' time, the situation would be even worse."
他說：“垃圾越堆越多。如果你過幾個月再去看看，會發(fā)現(xiàn)情況更糟糕。”
Previously, the UK exported almost two-thirds of its total waste to China with UK businesses shipping more than 2.7 million tons of plastic waste to China since 2024, according to data from environmental group Greenpeace.
此前，英國將全部垃圾的近三分之二出口到中國。根據(jù)環(huán)保機(jī)構(gòu)綠色和平組織的數(shù)據(jù)，自2024年以來，英國船運(yùn)到中國的廢塑料超過270萬噸。
Ellin said many UK recyclers stopped shipping plastic to the world's second-largest economy in the autumn because of fears it might not arrive before the deadline.
埃林說，去年秋季，很多英國回收站不再將廢塑料發(fā)船運(yùn)往中國，因?yàn)樗麄儞?dān)心在禁令生效前無法運(yùn)達(dá)。
"We have relied on exporting plastic recycling to China for 20 years and now people do not know what is going to happen," he told the Guardian newspaper."A lot of (our members) are now sitting back and seeing what comes out of the woodwork, but people are very worried."
他對《衛(wèi)報(bào)》表示：“過去20年我們一直依賴于把廢塑料出口到中國去，現(xiàn)在大家不知道接下來該怎么辦了。現(xiàn)在我們很多成員就這么干耗著，等著看會發(fā)生什么，但人們非常擔(dān)心。”
He warned that local authorities' recycling efforts in the UK will bear the brunt of the ban in the short term.
他提醒說，短期內(nèi)，英國地方當(dāng)局的回收工作將首先受到?jīng)_擊。
"If it no longer pays for our members to take this waste and sort it once it has been collected by councils, then that might stop," Ellin said. "This might mean that councils no longer collect recycling in the same way. It could be chaos, it really could."
埃林說：“如果地方議會的相關(guān)部門收了垃圾后不再為我們的成員支付收取和分類的費(fèi)用，那有可能垃圾就不能得到處理了。這可能意味著地方議會要換個辦法去回收處理。這會引起混亂，真的會。”
目前，英國正在思考垃圾的未來去向，短期做法是將廢物出口到越南和印度等國家，但這些國家能夠接收的規(guī)模有限，如果采取焚燒的方式處理，還將面臨一系列環(huán)境問題。
The recycling business will now have to look to alternative destinations, such as Malaysia and Vietnam for their exports.
垃圾回收企業(yè)如今必須尋找其他的出口地了，比如馬來西亞和越南。
But some industry experts believe China's decision to shut its doors could be an opportunity for the UK to develop its recycling infrastructure.
但一些業(yè)內(nèi)專家認(rèn)為，中國對洋垃圾關(guān)上大門對英國發(fā)展自身的回收設(shè)施來說也是個機(jī)遇。
西蒙-埃林對BBC稱：“（中國的禁令）對我們而言是巨大的打擊……我們行業(yè)的游戲規(guī)則被改變了……我們國內(nèi)根本就沒有這個市場。這意味著我們的行業(yè)將發(fā)生重大變化。”
廢紙?zhí)幚砉綢WPP的一名員工表示：“我一點(diǎn)都不夸張地說，行業(yè)供應(yīng)鏈將受到極大的影響。”
Ellin said there is a need to look at the "entire system from producing less, to better, simpler design, to standardized recycling".
埃林說，需要審視“從減少生產(chǎn)，到改善并簡化設(shè)計(jì)，再到標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化回收的整個系統(tǒng)。”
