In 2017, China banned all plastic from entering the country. This single decision has disrupted the entire global flow of recycling. Stuff that once found its way to China is now ending up in Vietnam, Thailand, and most of all, Malaysia.
But those countries can’t process the amount of plastic China used to, and waste from the US, Europe, Japan, and beyond is piling up in small mountains.
China’s ban didn’t break the system, but it revealed just how broken it really is. In episode one of our Quartz’s video series Because China, they go to Malaysia, Shanghai, and New Jersey to figure out what is going on in the wild world of recycling.
Vietnam’s primate populations are declining. Extensive deforestation and poaching have created an urgent need to protect these very unique animals. Some of them can be found nowhere else in the world and on the brink of extinction in the wild. The EPRC is dedicated to their rescue and conservation.
Fabrice Turri from Frog & Wallaby Films captured these incredibly touching images of EPRC rescued primates.
