Two privately owned Chinese recycling yards are making a bid to win approval from the European Union (EU) to break up ships registered with a member state.
Zhoushan Changhong International Ship Recycling Co and Jiang Xiagang Changjiang Ship Recycling Yard owner Hongwei Li personally handed over the applications to Julio Burgues, head of the EU’s waste management and recycling unit, this week.
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