I’ll note that this is article is concentrated on individual action, not on political action to change policy, which has a far bigger impact than individual action can.

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Recycling can worsen things when boats full of plastic waste are shipped to China for “recycling”.

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I thought China stopped accepting those some years back.

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Did they? I guess I’m out of date. Do we ship them to a different country or just handle it in the US now, do you know?

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