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> think: sending container ships with trash from the US to China That's not a real thing. It's a persistent myth, but it's not actually real.
by ars 4y ago
> think: sending container ships with trash from the US to China
That's not a real thing. It's a persistent myth, but it's not actually real.
- rpastuszak 4y agoOf course it is. Just read up on "China Waste Import Ban". > China is the largest importer of waste plastics, accounting for 56% of the global market.[1] Meanwhile, the United States, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom are the main source countries.[1] [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010324/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_waste_import_ban https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_waste_import_ban https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china-has-stopped-accepting-our-trash/584131/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-landfills-plastic-papers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-landfil... I do wish I was wrong though. Again, we cannot afford to think only locally any more. We're much more interconnected.