On 6/14/2019 6:48 PM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 07:42:12 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 6/13/2019 11:12 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 06:19:34 +0700, John B.
wrote:

However I note that as a result of the U.S. presidential ban on some
imports from China the Chinese have, in return, banned the shipment
of most types of plastic waste from the U.S. and Malaysia, Taiwan,
Thailand and Vietnam also are also placing bans on the import of
plastic waste from the U.S.

No sweat. We can ship it to Indianapolis.


It's a difficult problem:
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/recycl...te-pet-2877869

labor and energy inputs are high compared to new material.

Here empty PET drink bottles are salable. I see people who harvest
garbage cans collecting large bags fill of them, so apparently
recycling them is a profitable business here.
(a quick look showed nearly 30 PET recycling companies in a country
only slightly larger then the state of California)

Regarding aluminum instead of plastic: A guy I know (retired full
professor) said his elderly father lived in California. He was rabidly
anti-tax, for whatever reason.

But, said my friend, money made by recycling was not taxed.
(Californians may want to chime in on whether that was true - for me,
it's just hearsay.) So the guy spent all his time bicycling around,
collecting roadside aluminum cans to supplement his income.

The impression I got was that his joy came not so much from the money he
made, nor any environmental concerns. He just enjoyed what he viewed as
sticking it to the man.

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- Frank Krygowski