Here's what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshore
- Written by Monique Retamal, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Migrant workers break apart blocks of pressed plastic bottles at a recycling plant in Thailand.EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL
Last year many Australians were surprised to learn that around half of our plastic waste collected for recycling is exported, and up to 70% was going to China. So much of the world’s plastic was being sent to China that China...
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