Article: US states banned from exporting their trash to China are drowning in plastic

US states banned from exporting their trash to China are drowning in plastic

http://qz.com/117151/us-states-banned-from-exporting-their-trash-to-china-are-drowning-in-plastic/

So should I stop buying products that come packaged in plastic?   I thought I was doing the right thing by recycling.  Heck, last year my municipality made it mandatory on my monthly bill (I pay for recycling whether I utilize the service or not).

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One thought on “Article: US states banned from exporting their trash to China are drowning in plastic”

  1. Reblogged this on UGA GreenWay News and commented:
    In the U.S. we are increasing our recycling rate. What do we do with all those plastic bottles? We have been exporting a lot of them to China. Now China is saying “no more.” What will happen to all those “recycled bottles?”

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