Charles Xu

An empirical analysis on the impact of china's Plastic Waste Import Ban

This is the datathon team project for Citadel Data Open Championship 2021. Much of plastics is made into one-time products and has generated considerable plastic waste each year. The poor degradability of plastics has prompted concerns about its heavy toll on the environment and many countries like China have already imposed stricter regulations on plastic waste importation. We are motivated to explore and validate the actual effect of plastic waste trade restrictions on export-import dynamics as well as on plastic waste pollution. Furthermore, we are interested in investigating the country attributions that cause the disparity of plastic waste management capacity between countries and accordingly giving recommendations for future policy.