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Where Does All Your Recycling Really Go?

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Plastic Waste in Southeast Asia

For the last 30 years or so, China was the major destination for exports of waste. But in 2017, the Chinese government decided that it didn't want to have this industry anymore. And somewhere turned out to be Southeast Asia where there was a huge surge of plastic coming in.

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