Emission impacts of China’s solid waste import ban and COVID-19 in the copper supply chain

Advanced copper supply chain modeling shows China’s new waste trade policy may increase pollution, while limiting other low-value imports reverses this trend. Here the authors show that recycling is vulnerable to supply chain shocks, requiring investment during recoveries to promote a circular econo...

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Autores principales: John Ryter, Xinkai Fu, Karan Bhuwalka, Richard Roth, Elsa A. Olivetti
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Sumario:Advanced copper supply chain modeling shows China’s new waste trade policy may increase pollution, while limiting other low-value imports reverses this trend. Here the authors show that recycling is vulnerable to supply chain shocks, requiring investment during recoveries to promote a circular economy.