Oleg Zabluda's blog
Thursday, August 30, 2018
 
China Wants Only the Cleanest Trash
China Wants Only the Cleanest Trash
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U.S. exports of recovered paper to China fell 39 percent in the first five months of this year. A ton of recovered cardboard fetches $74 in the U.S., where it sold for $170 a year ago, according to RISI. Some inferior grades of paper and plastic are bringing so little revenue that some U.S. recycling programs consider it to be more economical to stick it in landfills. [...] imbalance between cheap recyclables in the U.S. and soaring prices in China, where recovered cardboard is fetching 60 percent more than a year ago,
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-22/china-wants-only-the-cleanest-trash
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-22/china-wants-only-the-cleanest-trash

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