Top Container Shipper to End Solid Waste Shipments to China, Hong Kong, Report Says
Denmark-based A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s “top container shipping firm,” will stop shipping solid waste to China and Hong Kong, effective in September, Reuters reported July 22. The move comes as China has imposed a series of measures to reduce solid…
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waste imports, with hopes to eventually reach zero (see 2006030010 and 2001210024). Maersk said its decision “aims to fully comply with government requirements of the People’s Republic of China on zero solid waste import as of 2021,” according to Reuters. Maersk did not comment.