China's new rules that ban or seriously restrict foreign waste have Canadian municipalities struggling to find places to ship their recyclables. "It's a big problem but we're actively seeking solutions," said Wayne Wamboldt, director of solid waste for Colchester County in Nova Scotia. Half of the world's recyclables were being sent to China, but that changed when China decided to crack down on foreign waste last year. Wayne Wamboldt, director of solid waste for Colchester County, says he is seeking new markets for plastic waste. In a sign of just how cutthroat the recycling business has become, the city's manager of solid waste won't say where those markets are.

Source: CBC News March 29, 2018 07:52 UTC