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 January 7, 2018

Mountains of US recycling pile up as China restricts imports

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Much of the world's recycling gets shipped to China for processing. But starting Jan. 1, China is enacting much tougher standards for the purity of recycling imports, standards most American and European recyclers simply can't meet. And that has recycling piling up throughout the United States. Produced by: Jason Margolis. Image credit: Jason Margolis/PRI.

Aired January 1, 2018

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    Eileen C
    It's actually not that bad if we just make sure our recycling isn't contaminated
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