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And recycling that just gets diverted to landfill since China stopped taking it.

• kube-system 5y ago
  That’s not really much of a problem. Plastic is better off in the landfill anyway. Shipping it to China takes a decent amount of carbon, creates a decent amount of ocean pollution. Burying it locally is usually better managed and sequesters carbon. But it’s still good that people are in the habit of recycle because metals like aluminum are still very advantageous to recycle from an energy perspective.