UK Waste Mountains 'Highly Likely' Within Weeks As China Stops Importing 'Foreign Garbage'

Waste mountains are “highly likely” to build up around the UK in a matter of weeks following China’s ban on importing plastic waste, industry experts have warned.British companies are said to be in “turmoil” over the “garbage ban” - announced on January 1 - given they have shipped more than 2.7 million tonnes of plastic scrap to mainland China and Hong Kong since 2012.The waste accounts for almost two-thirds of the UK’s total plastic waste exports,