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To be fair, part of the way we "take care" of it is by shipping a bunch of it's trash to China [0]. [0] https://bigthink.com/philip-perry/why-china-isnt-taking
by bpicolo 8y ago
To be fair, part of the way we "take care" of it is by shipping a bunch of it's trash to China [0].
[0] https://bigthink.com/philip-perry/why-china-isnt-taking-americas-garbage-anymore-literally https://bigthink.com/philip-perry/why-china-isnt-taking-amer...
- wyattpeak 8y agoI mean, true in the most technical sense, but given the Chinese paid an estimated half billion dollars for it in 2016 [1], the implication that it's being dumped there is disingenuous. [1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-bans-foreign-waste-but-what-will-happen-to-the-worlds-recycling/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-bans-foreig...