After banning almost all plastics at the beginning of this year, the Chinese Government has now announced it will ban the remaining ones that were allowed too.
From 1 January 2018, only post-manufacturing plastics were allowed to be imported into China, but now these will too be banned from 31 December 2018.
They are among 32 new categories of solid waste that will be banned at the end of this year and from 31 December 2019.
It signals a progressively tougher approach from China, and will raise fears in the recycling market that more bans could be on the way.
The full list of materials to be banned is:
From 31 December 2018
No. | Customs commodity number | Waste matter name say | Jane says | Other requirements or notes |
1 | 2618001001 | Granular slag from smelting iron and steel containing mainly manganese, with manganese content >25% (including slag sand) | Granular slag produced from smelting steel containing more than 25% manganese | |
2 | 2619000010 | Rolled steel oxide scale | Rolled steel oxide scale | |
3 | 2619000030 | Slag steel produced from smelted steel containing more than 80% iron | Slag steel produced from smelted steel containing more than 80% iron | |
4 | 3915100000 | Ethylene polymer waste scraps and scraps | Ethylene polymer waste scraps and scraps, excluding aluminum plastic composite film | Industrial sources of waste plastics (refers to thermoplastic scrap, scrap and defective products produced during plastics production and processing of plastic products) |
5 | Aluminum plastic composite film | |||
6 | 3915200000 | Styrene polymer waste scraps and leftovers | Styrene polymer waste scraps and leftovers | |
7 | 3915300000 | Waste and scrap of vinyl chloride polymer | Waste and scrap of vinyl chloride polymer | |
8 | 3915901000 | Polyethylene terephthalate scraps and scraps | PET scraps and scraps, not including waste PET bottles (bricks) | |
9 | Waste PET Beverage Bottle (brick) | |||
10 | 3915909000 | Other plastic scraps and scraps | Other plastic waste scraps and scraps, not including waste disc broken materials | |
11 | Waste disc broken material | |||
12 | 7204490010 | Waste car pressure parts | Waste car pressure parts | |
13 | 7204490020 | Recycling steel-based waste hardware appliances | Recycling steel-based waste hardware appliances | |
14 | 7404000010 | Recycling copper-based waste motors (including waste motors, wires, cables, and hardware) | Recycling copper-based waste motors, etc. | |
15 | 7602000010 | Recycling aluminum-based waste wires (including waste wires, cables, and hardware appliances) | Recycling aluminum-based waste wires, etc. | |
16 | 8908000000 | Dismantled ships and other floating structures | Hulk |
From 31 December 2019
No. | Customs commodity number | Waste matter name say | Jane says | Other requirements or notes |
1 | 4401310000 | Wood chips | Wood waste | |
2 | 4401390000 | Other sawdust, wood waste and debris | ||
3 | 4501901000 | Cork waste | Cork waste | |
4 | 7204210000 | Stainless steel scrap | Stainless steel scrap | |
5 | 8101970000 | Tungsten scrap | Tungsten scrap | |
6 | 8104200000 | Magnesium waste and scrap | Magnesium waste and scrap | |
7 | 8106001092 | Other unwrought scraps | Scrap scrap | |
8 | 8108300000 | Titanium scrap | Titanium scrap | |
9 | 8109300000 | Zirconium scrap | Zirconium scrap | |
10 | 8112921010 | Unwrought scraps | Scrap scrap | |
11 | 8112922010 | Unwrought vanadium scrap | Vanadium waste and scrap | |
12 | 8112924010 | Scrap scrap | Scrap scrap | |
13 | 8112929011 | Unwrought scraps | Scrap scrap | |
14 | 8112929091 | Unwrought rammed, scrapped scraps | 镓, waste materials | |
15 | 8113001010 | Granular or powdered tungsten carbide scrap | Granular or powdered tungsten carbide scrap | |
16 | 8113009010 | Other tungsten carbide scraps, except particulate or powder | Other tungsten carbide scraps, except particulate or powder |