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The plastic waste crisis is an opportunity for the US to get serious about recycling at home

  • Written by Kate O'Neill, Associate Professor, Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
Conveyors carry mixed plastic into a device that will shred recycle them at a plastics recycling plant in Vernon, California. AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File

A global plastic waste crisis is building, with major implications for health and the environment. Under its so-called “National Sword” policy, China has sharply reduced imports of...

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