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Does this account for the trash that we send abroad for China to dispose of?
by GeneralMayhem 8y ago
Does this account for the trash that we send abroad for China to dispose of?
- vimy 8y agoNo, it does not and since China banned garbage imports last year we will see soon enough if the theory that China is dumping Western plastic in the ocean is correct. If that's the case, we should see a sharp decline in ocean plastics in the coming years.
- ineedasername 8y agoOnly if another country doesn't start doing it for us instead, or we do it ourselves. Though I think your general point holds, and hope the Chinese ban works to our advantage, forcing research into better ways of recycling and maybe even true single stream recycling, not the scam it often is.