Introduction

China used to accept 55% of the world's plastic and paper scrap. But in 20 18, it stopped taking any more. Other countries like indanesia and viatnam took over china's waste processing roll. They too are now sending much of the scrap back,. arguing it is contaminated and is halming their own environments. This has created major problems for countries in the west who traditionally relied on others to process their recycling waste. In fact, we are creating more household waste than ever. So here's my quiz question. On average, how many kilograms of household waste were generated per person in the last year? Was it? A, 280 kilograms? B, 480 kilograms,