I read in the NY Times that with the global economic downturn, China no longer has a market for our garbage for recycling. Over the last number of years, all those containers that brought us cheap consumer goods from China, went back full of newspapers, plastics, electronics etc for recycling.
A couple of thoughts. Maybe, just maybe, this will be an incentive for us to look at how much garbage we create. Hello packaging industry, hello products made for early obsolescence. Has it ever made sense to ship our garbage half way around the world? No. It's time to deal with our own mess. We might need a few new laws to "encourage" a change in behavior.
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