Chinese recyclers in Japan team up to find solutions to plastic waste

Beijing's import ban prompts rethink, but Tokyo fears local groups will be priced out

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Many recycling companies are seeking business opportunities in countries such as Japan that export large amounts of plastic waste (Photo by Nana Shibata).

NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Chinese-owned recycling companies in Japan have agreed to cooperate to tackle plastic waste by setting up an association in the wake of Beijing banning such imports to China, but the move has raised concerns in Tokyo that local companies could be priced out of the market.

Fifty recycling companies have come together to form the Asian Plastic Resource Recycling Promotion Association with the aim of collaborating in business and sharing information on Japanese government regulations and market conditions.

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