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The recycling industrial complex is a total mess in general. American recycling also gets dumped on South East Asia (mainly China if memory serves) where much o
by beaconstudios 5y ago
The recycling industrial complex is a total mess in general. American recycling also gets dumped on South East Asia (mainly China if memory serves) where much of it is just waste.
There's a reason recycling is the third R, and it should primarily take the form of other people reusing your stuff anyway - not throwing items in a specifically coloured bin and calling it a day.
- bobthepanda 5y agoNo, China specifically outlawed a lot of the recycling trade that was coming in, and it caused havoc to municipal recycling a few years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_National_Sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_National_Sword
- beaconstudios 5y agoYeah I knew about this - China reacted negatively to this process in describing, but no doubt we're all sending it elsewhere now.
- User23 5y agoChina isn't part of Southeast Asia[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia
- beaconstudios 5y agoOh yeah
- beaconstudios 5y agoOh yeah, pardon my brain fart.