The Chinese government says it's extending last year's ban on imports of items such as unsorted paper and some plastics to dozens more types of recyclable materials, including steel waste, used auto parts and old ships.
For decades, other countries shipped containers full of scrap and waste to China for recycling. But Beijing stunned the recycling industry last year with its ban on imports of 24 varieties of solid waste.
Now, it's adding 32 more types to the list - - half of them at the end of this year, and the other half at the end of 2019.
China has billed the ban as a way to reduce environmental damage, but some experts say it could make it worse.
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