China’s little-known oversupply problem: too many incinerators, not enough waste

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While severe oversupply in Chinese industries ranging from the traditional steel sector to the hi-tech production of solar panels has made headlines recently, one lesser-known sector suffering the same fate is waste-to-energy incineration.The optimistically planned industry, giving China the world’s highest processing capacity, is struggling to find enough waste to burn, with experts blaming a slowdown in the growth of supply driven by factors including an economic downturn and slowing...