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| Subject: OZschwitz: Recycling is all about being taken for a ride Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:32 pm | |
| Another day, another crisis. The crisis in kerbside recycling has been building since China effectively refused to take any more of our rubbish about 18 months ago. Then we sent it to other Asian countries, but now they’re jacking up, too.
The disruption to the local recycling industry has caused one company that accepted recycled material from local councils in Victoria and South Australia to collapse, leaving five big warehouses stuffed with baled paper and plastic that no one wants.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/recycling-is-all-about-being-taken-for-a-ride-20190820-p52iva.html |
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