With a population of more than one billion people, China creates massive volumes of waste.<br /><br />But its recycling industry is also growing fast, one that utilises not only its own rubbish but that of other countries as well.<br /><br />It is the world's biggest importer of waste, taking in plastics from the US, for example, before transforming them into new products to be shipped back to Western countries.<br /><br />Melissa Chan reports from Beijing as part of Al Jazeera's Wasteful World series. (July 27, 2010)
