Earth911 Quiz #51: Recycling’s Very Bad Year

Earth911
Feb 28, 2019, 5:00 am268 pts
One year after China banned importation of contaminated U.S. recyclables, our recycling programs are struggling. Current U.S. recycling companies simply don’t have the capacity to process all the waste we produce. In this quiz, we look at the precarious present and potentially bright future for recycling.…

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