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2018-03-27 China-Japan-Koreas

US demands China reconsider ‘catastrophic' ban on importing foreign garbage & recyclables

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 the west coast depends heavily on China to take in its recycled bottles and other plastic

however, with natural gas prices low, a lot of Chinese companies are looking at importing plastic resins with specific properties

Posted by lord garth 2018-03-27 00:49|| 2018-03-27 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 They won't take Hillary?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-27 03:18|| 2018-03-27 03:18|| Front Page Top

#3 g(r)om, I think they're trying to cut back on toxicity.

Posted by AlanC 2018-03-27 07:54|| 2018-03-27 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 I used to laugh with the staff at the recycling center when dropping off "e-waste" that it was just going to be shipped to China or Africa and dumped in a hole, same as it otherwise would have been here.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-27 08:13|| 2018-03-27 08:13|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if we buy waste disposal from them,
then they do the ocean dumping.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-27 12:46|| 2018-03-27 12:46|| Front Page Top

#6 "Where should I put my pants?"
"Over there on the chair, by mine"

Posted by Frank G 2018-03-27 13:08|| 2018-03-27 13:08|| Front Page Top

#7 If the Asian giant closes off its waste management market, recycling centers across the US will be faced with a hard choice. They can either hire a much more expensive workforce which would raise prices for their services, require households to sort their own waste or be forced to use more landfills across all fifty US states.

Sort? We can't even get people to separate!

Posted by Bobby 2018-03-27 18:18|| 2018-03-27 18:18|| Front Page Top

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