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>Almost all plastic recyclables in the US is shipped to Asia and Africa. It’s simply not profitable to process here. >90% of river-borne ocean plastic comes fr
by feet 4y ago
>Almost all plastic recyclables in the US is shipped to Asia and Africa. It’s simply not profitable to process here.
>90% of river-borne ocean plastic comes from 10 rivers in Asia and Africa
Sounds like it isn't profitable there either, so why are we shipping it
- maria2 4y agoIt is profitable to recycle plastic if you can pay people a few dollars a day to sort through it all to find the valuable pieces. China’s change in recycling policy was caused by, among other reasons, a documentary on the workers who sift through the countless volumes of plastic waste. It’s quite sad: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qZwo6U5YFY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qZwo6U5YFY