On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:19:25 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:55:24 +0700, John B.
wrote:

The U.S. exported some 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2015. The
volume dropped to only 1.07 million tonnes in 2018 primarily due to
China refusing to allow the waste to be imported. (note: Chinese imports
have decreased by some 96% from the 2015 figures)

China didn't exactly ban the import of recyclables. They raised the
contamination percentage requirement from 1.5% to 0.5%, which is nearly
impossible to meet:
https://www.wastedive.com/news/china...tion-standard-
MRFs/519659/

Yep, stupid westerners who can not fathon why pizza boxes are general
waste and not recycables.

OTOH, I don't understand why recyclers demand that I was my water and
time to "wash' every bottles, tin and plastic container, when they could
run a far more efficcent "shred and wash' line,