Editorial: China is putting the US to shame in the fight against plastic trash
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jan 28, 2020
2 minutes
Two years ago, China stopped accepting imports of most recyclable plastic and paper. Up until that point, the country had been the world's biggest importer of single-use plastic discarded by developed countries such as the United States. That move threw the global recycling market into a crisis from which it has still not recovered.
It was a rude awakening for countries trying to deal with their
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