Originally Posted by
Lombard
IOW, lots and lots of plastic does NOT get recycled or even downcycled. And now China has stopped taking our "recyclables". Question is where are all these recyclables going now? Many are ending up in regular trash in landfills.
That is correct, the same thing is happening with aluminum, China has more aluminum trash then they know what to do with, so they've been dumping it illegally according to West standards even though, like plastic, the US has contracts with China to take the aluminum trash. If the US ever gets it's head out of its arse we could eliminate a lot of plastic and aluminum trash by going to glass bottles with a deposit.