The standards China is demanding are not really relevant to consumer sorting. It's a sorting that is always going to have to be done in specialized facilities.

The standards China is demanding are not really relevant to consumer sorting. It's a sorting that is always going to have to be done in specialized facilities. China is requiring an 0.5% contamination rate. By comparison, curb side pickup currently has about a 25% contamination rate. Improved consumer sorting might help but it's not going to be the whole answer.