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China Bans Import of Plastic Waste
中国禁止进口塑料废物
The US, the UK, and Japan are facing major garbage problems now that China has banned the import of many types of foreign waste, including many plastics and mixed papers. Before the January 1 ban, China was importing 500,000 tonnes of Britain’s plastic for recycling each year. The UK’s Environment Secretary recently admitted that they have not planned well for this policy change and do not currently have a short-term solution to their plastic waste problem. The US was exporting about one-third of its recycling to China before the ban. Without other alternatives in place, some sorting facilities are already telling people to place their plastics in the regular garbage.

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重点讲解

1.now that 既然，由于
例句：Now that we're in Europe we ought to visit the Netherlands.
既然我们到了欧洲，就应当去荷兰LCKt=hg~osYVK@]nq&6。

2.short-term 短期的
例句：It is not obvious since most data needs are short-term, but there is trouble lurking in those data archives.
该挑战并不明显，因为大多数数据需要都是短期的，但是在数据档案库中隐藏着问题k2SCC4XFdhjC9=udzB。