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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/edf5757c-00a7-418d-afb2-55cd912549fc_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Southeast Asia: Stop Sending Us Mountains of Plastic Waste' data-article-id='3836'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15729'>Wealthy countries are exporting millions of tons of plastic waste to Southeast Asia, where local recycling systems cannot process all of it.</span> <span data-start-time='15729' data-end-time='25771'>Greenpeace and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, or GAIA, studied the issue.</span> <span data-start-time='25771' data-end-time='35000'>Their joint investigation found that the exports of plastic waste are causing widespread pollution problems.</span> <span data-start-time='35000' data-end-time='42771'>In early 2018, China banned the import of plastic waste for recycling.</span> <span data-start-time='42771' data-end-time='50167'>The ban sent the international trade in recycled materials into disorder.</span> <span data-start-time='50167' data-end-time='61417'>Greenpeace and GAIA workers gathered information from the top 21 importers and exporters of plastic waste.</span> <span data-start-time='61417' data-end-time='66979'>They looked at the recycling trade before and after the Chinese ban.</span> <span data-start-time='66979' data-end-time='74500'>Over half of the plastic, more than 3 million tons a year, used to go to China.</span> <span data-start-time='74500' data-end-time='78521'>It is now being sent to Southeast Asia.</span> <span data-start-time='78521' data-end-time='87188'>Huge mountains of plastic are growing in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, among other countries.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/11E2C465-C2AF-4F01-8F3D-D5980F5949BE_w1200_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12850 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/what_does_recycle_mean.wav'>What does recycle mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to send materials to a place where they are made into something new'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/to_buy_clothes.wav'><span>to buy clothes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/to_barter_or_trade.wav'><span>to barter or trade</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/to_send_materials_to_a_place_where_they_are_made_into_something_new.wav'><span>to send materials to a place where they are made into something new</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/to_be_disorganized.wav'><span>to be disorganized</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12851 data-hint-location='42771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/the_ban_sent_the_international_trade_in_recycled_materials_into_what.wav'>The ban sent the international trade in recycled materials into what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='disorder'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/disorder.wav'><span>disorder</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/another_country.wav'><span>another country</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/files.wav'><span>files</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/storage_systems.wav'><span>storage systems</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12852 data-hint-location='61417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/they_looked_at_the_recycling_trade_before_and_after_the_chinese__blank_.wav'>They looked at the recycling trade before and after the Chinese <span class='blank'>ban</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='ban'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/movie.wav'><span>movie</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/food.wav'><span>food</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3323/ban.wav'><span>ban</span></div><div class='choice' 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