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How much of that plastic is shipped there "for recycling" by other countries? Everything I've read on the subject seems to indicate we send tons of plastic to
by ninkendo 8y ago
How much of that plastic is shipped there "for recycling" by other countries? Everything I've read on the subject seems to indicate we send tons of plastic to places that we know aren't really going to recycle it.
- carapace 8y agoIt's shipped there because it's bought. It's bought because the buyer intends to make money off of it, not throw it in a river. Although a lot of crap does wind up in the air and water, the environmental havoc wreaked by thousands of backyard plastic smelters is incredible. "Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade" by Adam Minter https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17286721-junkyard-planet https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17286721-junkyard-planet
- isostatic 8y agoMany recyclers are paid to take rubbish (especially unsorted rubbish). They claim they sort it and responsibly recycle or dispose. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/20/plastic-recycling-industrys-problems-costing-councils-up-to-500000-a-year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/20/plastic-...