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The Plastic Waste Trade is a book that offers a new perspective on international waste trade, focusing on how the transfer of plastic waste from countries in the Global North to the Global South constitutes a form of 21st-century colonialism. The book describes the history of the plastic waste trade up until China’s ban on the importation of plastic waste in 2018. It emphasizes the devastating impacts on ecosystems, workers and communities who received both legal trade and illegal trade in plastic waste, highlighting inherent problems from sociological and environmental justice perspectives.