ReinerAsk your Chinese contact to give you a summary on where...

Reiner

Ask your Chinese contact to give you a summary on where China stands in terms of recycling. From my recent research of provincial and main China govt websites, they are moving full steam ahead - and they have to.

Cardia is in the right place at the right time.

And this from a write up on a recent Greening Urban Growth symposium:

http://theconversation.edu.au/cities-will-drive-the-green-industrial-revolution-5827

"...Perhaps the highlight of the symposium was the account of a new green technology for urban recycling, which has emerged in China. This is a process for recycling the solid waste of cities and turning its organic content into fertiliser, and inorganics such as plastics into pellets that are then available for recycling through manufacturing..."

and:

http://www.recyclinginternational.com/magazine/issue-april-2012/article/6218/interview-towards-green-and-clean-china

"Towards a green and clean China
April 2012 by Adam Minter
When it comes to formulating policies and issuing regulations governing China’s waste and recycling industry, there are few CVs more impressive than that of Zhao Hualin of the country’s Ministry of Environmental Protection. One of his responsibilities, for example, is personally to issue and sign permits for the import of recyclables."