We’re Chris Joyce, veteran Science Correspondent for NPR, and Dylan de Thomas, vice president of Industry Collaboration with the nonprofit Recycling Partnership. Ask us anything about the recycling industry and plastic recycling in particular.
China’s decision in 2017 to stop taking recycling from the U.S. has forced the industry here to take stock of its strengths and weaknesses. Today, recyclers and municipalities are deciding not to take many of the plastics in the recycling stream they once did. That’s because the U.S. does not have the capacity to recycle its own waste. The result, more plastic is going into landfills and incinerators. What will it take for stakeholders in the U.S.
Public-private partnership for national recycling. It needs a little commitment. Waste to energy, waste to new products.
We must start refusing to take stuff packaged in plastic.
They do it in Canada and it makes me sick JimWatsonOttawa
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christophjoyce We need to federally legalize hemp and make more biodegradable products.
Being reported that China would not buy anymore recycled materials so they dump into landfills
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christophjoyce Where does nyc garbage go. Is any of it shipped overseas
christophjoyce Is there a link that does not require me to download another app?