US Recyclers Begin Road to Recovery After China Bans Recyclables

US Recyclers Begin Road to Recovery After China Bans Recyclables
Workers sort recycling material at the Waste Management Material Recovery Facility in Elkridge, Maryland, June 28, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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NEW YORK — In 2017 recycling facilities across the United States received some unwelcome news: China, the world’s largest importer of scrap material, will stop accepting their waste.
GDB International, a New Jersey-based recycling company, was among numerous operators faced with the problem of deciding what to do with piles, and piles of plastic that used to go to China.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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