美国塑料废弃物出口:中国进口禁令前后的各州分析
A C Thanos Bourtsalas1, Isabela Maria Yepes1, Yixi Tian2
1Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Journal of environmental management
|July 17, 2023
概括
中国2017年禁止进口塑料废弃物,大大减少了美国的出口. 国内废物管理提供长期的环境和健康益处,而不是昂贵的出口.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 废物管理 废物管理
- 国际贸易 国际贸易 国际贸易
背景情况:
- 中国2017年禁止进口塑料废弃物,扰乱了全球废弃物贸易.
- 美国塑料废物出口在禁令后面临着重大的区域和组成变化.
研究的目的:
- 分析中国塑料废物进口禁令对美国出口产品的区域影响.
- 评估塑料废物出口与国内处理对环境和人类健康的影响.
主要方法:
- 美国人口普查数据对塑料废物出口的分析.
- 检查出口量,组成和目的地国家的变化.
- 出口与国内处理场景的环境影响评估 (全球变暖潜力) 的比较.
主要成果:
- 美国塑料废弃物出口量在禁令后下降了50%以上.
- 马来西亚,越南,印度尼西亚和泰国成为主要进口国.
- 乙烯聚合物出口增加,而其他塑料类型的出口减少.
- 与出口相比,国内处理大大降低了全球变暖潜力.
结论:
- 长期来看,投资于国内废物管理比出口塑料废物更有利.
- 出口塑料垃圾带来了相当大的环境和公共卫生成本.
- 特定环境的解决方案对于在全球塑料废物领域的导航至关重要.
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