China has a trash problem. Its landfills are brimming, often with wasted food. So the government is trying to attack the problem with a “clean plate” campaign and more incinerators. But burning the waste has people up in arms.China has a trash problem. Its landfills are brimming, often with wasted food. So the government is trying to attack the problem with a “clean plate” campaign and more incinerators. But burning the waste has people up in arms.
Officials in China’s Ministry of Health admit they harvest organs from death row inmates for the majority of transplants in the country. It is estimated that two-thirds of the country’s total organ transplants come from executed prisoners.