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> Companies in third world countries bidding unrealistically low for recycling contracts This is a false impression, they are not bidding to be paid for recycl
by ars 7y ago
> Companies in third world countries bidding unrealistically low for recycling contracts
This is a false impression, they are not bidding to be paid for recycling, rather they pay for the recycling, because they purchase it.
The trouble is when it's mixed with garbage, they remove the good stuff, and the rest? Well, who knows.
There is this storyline that first world companies are dumping their trash on other countries. That's not the truth.
The story in the article is someone bought recycling, and was shipped trash. They don't care about the trash, they are upset they didn't get what they purchased.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoNowhere in the article did it say Malaysia paid for this recycling. In fact, often times recycling is costs more than its worth, and municipal systems pay recyclers rather than the other way around. The only recycling that someone might make more than the effort put in would be e-waste.
- ars 7y agoThis article did not mention it, but that is in fact how it works: Other countries pay for the recycling. > and municipal systems pay recyclers rather than the other way around. Yup, because the value of the recycling is not quite enough, but the recyclers then sell the recycling. That's why there is a whole list of what they won't accept. It's not because they can't reprocess it, it's because there is no one to sell it to. If this is news to you, well, now you've learned something new.