How China Broke the World's Recycling

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRtNwUju5g

Piling Up: How China’s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling

China’s decision to no longer be the dumping ground for the world’s recycled waste has left municipalities and waste companies from Australia to the U.S. scrambling for alternatives. But experts say it offers an opportunity to develop better solutions for a growing throwaway culture.

e360.yale.edu

 

[Antonio]

My opinion:
interesting topic but potentially conflictive and far from forum's focus (even for the forum's bar). Let's see...

 

[Apophenia]

A very interesting topic ... and maybe relevant in a roundabout way? Obsolete (or just unwanted) airplanes also need to be recycled. Perhaps the West should be asking itself why it is capable of recycling airframes but not 'lesser' consumer goods?