Recommendable! Exporting recyclables to China makes about as much sense as buying prohibited gain of function research from a Virology lab in Wuhan, China!
How many resources and tax payer money were actually wasted on waste recycling over the past four or five decades? I am afraid a lot!
"... As Discover magazine pointed out a decade ago, recycling is tricky business. A 2010 Columbia University study found that just 16.5 percent of the plastic collected by the New York Department of Sanitation was “recyclable.”
“This results in nearly half of the plastics collected being landfilled,” researchers concluded. ...
Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a story detailing how hundreds of cities across the country are abandoning recycling efforts. ...
One reason for this is that China, perhaps the largest buyer of US recyclables, stopped accepting them in 2018. Other countries, such as Thailand and India, have increased imports, but not in sufficient tonnage to alleviate the mounting costs cities are facing. ...
Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a story detailing how hundreds of cities across the country are abandoning recycling efforts. ...
One reason for this is that China, perhaps the largest buyer of US recyclables, stopped accepting them in 2018. Other countries, such as Thailand and India, have increased imports, but not in sufficient tonnage to alleviate the mounting costs cities are facing. ...
And since there's no shortage of landfill space (the crisis of 1987 was a false alarm), there's no reason to make recycling a legal or moral imperative. ..."
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