About half of the plastic that we were recycling was getting exported to China. Even when we were exporting it, our average recycling rate for plastic has been around 9%. So, you know, that means over 90% of our plastic was not getting recycled anyway. And eventually China said all the extra pollution wasn't worth it to them.
The vast majority of your plastic isn’t being recycled. It might be time to consider lighting it on fire.
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