Film exposes harm caused by garbage

A photographer who gained fame by making a documentary about garbage disposal in Beijing has zoomed in on trash again, revealing in his latest work how plastic waste imported from overseas is damaging people's lives.

Wang Jiuliang, 39, spent three years filming The Plastic Kingdom, traveling around the country and abroad to investigate the recycling industry.

The project, launched in 2011, was inspired by a visit to a recycling plant in California where a manager told Wang that a huge amount of waste is sent to China.