China's import policy shift, announced in 2017, shook up markets for recycling stakeholders globally, but the impacts and rationale inside China have not been widely covered. An expert from academia offers compelling details.

This article appeared in the August 2021 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   The following is an excerpt from "Remains of the Everyday: A century of Recycling in Beijing," written by Joshua Goldstein and published by University of California Press earlier this year. The book takes an in-depth look at shifts in the Chinese...