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> First of all, China was paid to receive it. That is completely wrong, you'll need to provide evidence here, it's strange so many replies say the same. China
by A2017U1 8y ago
> First of all, China was paid to receive it.
That is completely wrong, you'll need to provide evidence here, it's strange so many replies say the same.
China pays for their recycling imports and get a good deal on shipping. Current tariff wars have changed this environment and now they won't take it.
California alone earns billions selling waste to them
> In 2016, California’s exports of recyclables amounted to 15 million tons, worth an estimated $4.6 billion. Some 62 percent of that exported material went to China in 2016
https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2018/01/24/china-fallout-shaking-recycling-california/ https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2018/01/24/china-fal...
- Ultramanoid 8y agoTariffs are not an issue between China and the EU / Japan as they are with the U.S., that has little to do with China's decision to ban imports of trash globally. You pay recycling companies to process waste, and the cost of doing so locally in the U.S. now after the Chinese ban is so high that it means cities cannot afford it, thus waste that would have been sent to China for recycling is now piling in landfills or being burnt. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china-has-stopped-accepting-our-trash/584131/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china...
- DougBTX 8y agoThat article contradicts your assertion that “China was paid to receive it”, it says, “Franklin could break even on recycling by selling it for $6 a ton.“