This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. After importing nearly half of the planet’s plastic recyclables for three decades, China barred the import of most ...

China stopped taking our plastic waste. Now we're drowning in it. America has long had a plastic problem. It's an urgent question — what do we do with the 40 million tons of plastic waste we ...

At the forefront of the movement to replace plastics with bamboo are major bamboo production areas in China such as Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Guangdong and Anhui provinces.

This film tells a story about an unschooled 11yearold girl YiJie shes a truly global child who learns the world through the United Nations of Wastes while working with her YI minority parents in ...

China introduced a plastic bag surcharge in 2008 in a bid to reduce plastic waste. But the problem is reemerging amid the coronavirus pandemic. In 2008, China faced a plastic problem. As the ...

On December 29, 2024, in Shandong, China, @Chūnnuǎnhuākāi shared a video of two boys launching a rocket made from a plastic bottle. The author's son and his friend created the rocket and took ...

The incident was highlighted in a widely shared video, with the caption expressing outrage over the apparent safety lapse.

Cosmetic surgery apps are redefining beauty standards and access to plastic surgery in China. In a country where cosmetic surgery is still often considered taboo, such apps are gaining traction as ...

Deep Dive delves into hot issues in Hong Kong and mainland China. Our easy-to-read articles ... Hong Kong will ban throwaway plastic tableware from restaurants, and it will also stop the ...