Onus on countries to treat their own waste, not dump it on others

AN AUSTRALIAN TV PROGRAM recently reported that the country had been suffering a "recycling crisis" since China banned imports of solid waste. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Thanks to the program and other Australian news reports, some data that were not so widely known before have been made public.

Every year, Australia consumes about 3.3 billion plastic bags, 2.6 billion plastic coffee cups, as well as 1.3 billion plastic bottles.