| Teesus | Date: Thursday, 2013/05/09, 12:38 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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For years China has been one of the main importers of recyclable trash from the U.S. but the country just
can’t take it anymore—literally. Quartz reports that the Chinese have put up an import wall on foreign waste
and recycling stations in the US are backing up with plastic bottles and
products that aren’t going anywhere.Most people likely don’t know that the majority of the trash and recyclables
collected in the US isn’t re-processed here, it’s sent to other
countries. Trash, in fact, is one of America’s largest exports and the volume of trash leaving our shores has doubled since 2006. China is the number one customer. Factories there turn used
cardboard and paper into new cardboard and paper, and use the resign
from plastics in manufacturing processes.Recently
though, China has imposed restrictions on foreign trash and become
pickier about what types of plastics it will accept. The new measure is
called Operation Green Fence and Chinese reports show that the country
has been turning away hundreds of thousands of tons of waste from the
U.S. This may spell out big issues for American cities, where the
technology and markets for recyclables isn’t strong enough for the
overwhelming amount of waste produced.Read Full Story
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| inbluevt | Date: Thursday, 2013/05/09, 3:12 PM | Message # 2 | DMCA |
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So we buy the junk from China (and keep China's economy moving along) and then dispose of it in (maybe) Scandanavia (and keep them warm). OK
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