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> The reduced demand from China and continued supply from the U.S. flooded the world trash market and drove down the price of garbage everywhere. This sentence
by zimbatm 7y ago
> The reduced demand from China and continued supply from the U.S. flooded the world trash market and drove down the price of garbage everywhere.
This sentence doesn't make sense. If there is more demand for trash recycling, how is it not driving the price up?
- thekid314 7y agoI think the fall in the price of waste is because there is a glut in the raw material (recycled paper, plastic pellets etc.) that come from the garbage. So it looses it's value because the materials it produces has lost value. Governments don't pay for recycling when dumping is a cheaper alternative.