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   Some Inconvenient Truths About Recycling   
      
   Recycling: Lots Of It Ends Up In Landfills, Does Little To   
   Help Environment   
      
   Environment: It has become an article of faith in the U.S.   
   that recycling is a good thing. But evidence is piling up   
   that recycling is a waste of time and money, and a bit of a   
   fraud.   
      
   Editorial   
   Investor's Business Daily, investors.com   
   June 1, 2018   
      
   The New York Times recently reported that, unknown to most   
   families who spend hours separating garbage into little   
   recycling bins, much of the stuff ends up in a landfill   
   anyway.   
      
   One big reason: China has essentially shut the door to U.S.   
   recyclables.   
      
   The Times notes that about a third of recyclables gets   
   shipped abroad, with China the biggest importer. But   
   starting this year, China imposed strict rules on what it   
   will accept, effectively banning most of it. That, the   
   Times reports, has forced many recycling companies who   
   can't find other takers to dump recyclables into landfills.   
      
   One company, Oregon's Rogue Disposal and Recycling, sent   
   "all its recycling to landfills for the first few months of   
   the year," the Times reports.   
      
   Bloomberg says Massachusetts has issued dozens of landfill   
   waivers so recyclable material can be dumped in them. The   
   Florida Sun Sentinel reports that in Broward County, Fla.,   
   up to 30% of the stuff residents put in recycling bins ends   
   up in landfills.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/recycling-china-la   
   dfills-cost-waste-environment-global-warming/   
      
   Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi   
   Om Shanti   
   http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj   
      
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