Danish shipper Maersk to stop taking waste to China, Hong Kong from Sept – ZAWYA

  • Date: 23-Jul-2020
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Danish shipper Maersk to stop taking waste to China, Hong Kong from Sept – ZAWYA

danish shipper maersk to stop taking waste to china, hong kong from sept china began tightening restrictions on scrap commodities as part of an environmental campaign in 2017    the logo of of the company a.p. moeller - maersk is pictured after bo cerup-simonsen, the head of the new independent global co2 institute, part of the company a.p. moeller - maersk presented the institute during a news conference at the headquarters of the company, in copenhagen, denmark june 25, 2020. ritzau scanpix/via reuterssingapore - denmark's a.p. moller-maersk, the world's top container shipping firm, said on wednesday it would stop accepting solid waste shipments bound for china and hong kong from september."we sent out a customer advisory on july 20th, telling customers that solid waste acceptance will be stopped by maersk into the destinations of chinese mainland and hong kong, effective september 1st, 2020," the company said in a statement.china began tightening restrictions on scrap commodities as part of an environmental campaign in 2017 and plans to reduce solid waste imports to zero by the end of 2020."we sent out a customer advisory on july 20th, telling customers that solid waste acceptance will be stopped by maersk into the destinations of