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It would be cool if we could actually start recycling plastics rather than shipping them to China where they are shredded and put in landfills
by bandrami 2y ago
It would be cool if we could actually start recycling plastics rather than shipping them to China where they are shredded and put in landfills
- pasttense01 2y agoChina is no longer accepting plastics where they are shredded and put into a landfill.
- whimsicalism 2y agowe have just outsourced to neighboring countries in SE asia
- Hilift 2y agoChina stopped accepting trash long ago. 90% of plastics are trash. Many municipalities adopted thermal trash burners that generate electricity. Expect to see a lot more of these in the next four years. https://energyjustice.net/usplants/ https://energyjustice.net/usplants/ https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/florida-population-growth-waste-energy-incinerators-rcna120599 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/florida-popul...