china doesn’t even want to buy our garbage anymore - chinese appliance manufacturers

One of America's biggest exports to China has been since 2007. . . trash. Yes, trash.
Includes everything from scrap metal and paper to cardboard and crumpled soda cans.
The United States sold $10.
In 2011, China had 8 billion of the metal and paper waste.
It sounds strange, but the deal makes sense.
China has sent so many consumer goods to the United States that all containers are empty and back. So U. S.
Companies begin to fill in returns
Travel containers containing recycled cartons, waste paper and other waste materials.
China, in turn, can also harvest raw materials. Everyone won. Especially U. S.
Recycling Plan.
The waste exported to China has become an integral part of municipal recycling.
In 2011, about 52 were recovered in the United States.
8 million tons of paper and cardboardand about 15.
Of these, 8 million tons were shipped to China.
Similarly, nearly half of China's imports of recycled plastics from the United States, including various bottles and containers, are worth about $0. 5 billion.
But now this comfortable arrangement is in danger.
Gwynn Guilford reported in Quartz that China recently launched the "Green Fence operation "--
Policy prohibiting the import of uncleaned postal services
Shipment of consumer plastics and other "contaminated" waste.
This led to a serious crackdown on the United States. S.
Import of garbage: In the case of the United StatesS.
The recycling industry seems really worried.
"Export purchase activities due to low
Final grade of post
Due to recent regulations and green fences in China, consumer plastics, "a re-processor told Recycling Today.
What's next?
There seem to be several possibilities: 1)
All this is exaggerated and the green fence will not last.
Perhaps the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, which really needs plastic resin and other raw materials, forced the government to ease restrictions on garbage in a few months. We'll see. 2)
We will be recycled by other countries.
A recent "Recycling Today" article suggested that a large amount of plastic and paper waste in the United States may be transported to other places, such as India.
However, it is not clear whether anyone can replace China, which has a huge demand for US garbage. 3)
The United States will have to recycle more garbage at home.
This is harder than it sounds.
Guilford points out on this great chart that no new recycling plant has been built in North America since 2003
That's how much we rely on China: can this change? Perhaps.
Luke Vernon of ecology
Products, food-
Boulder's service company has the idea: "What is needed is a terminal --
Market for recycled materials.
Basically, more manufacturers need to use recycled plastic in their products.
This means that economics needs to support the choice of recycled and recycled plastics.
An original plastic. "4)U. S.
Cities will study how to reduce the production of contaminated waste.
Here's an interesting post from Valerie Andreopoulos from recycling company Vangel.
She believes that because of our dependence on "single", so much pollution waste has been produced in the United States.
Stream Recycling, "in a collection truck, all types of recycling are mixed together.
"If the material we export is so badly contaminated that it is rejected by the people we sell to," she notes, "it may be time to look at the double stream recycling again.
"This will require everyone to separate paper waste from glass, plastic and metal. (
Please note that Vangel has dual vested interests
But this is an idea worth mentioning. )
There are a variety of technologies that even allow single
Classify waste more carefully and reduce pollution.
Improved screening and optical sorting are included.
But these options may make recycling more expensive. 5)U. S.
Cities will reduce recycling.
This is the last possibility.
If there is no market for recyclable materials, or if recycling becomes too expensive, then a lot of garbage may be landfill.
Regardless of the outcome, this reminds us that recycling habits in the US, like many others, are highly dependent on trade and markets --
Especially in China.
Read further :-
Gwynn Guilford found this fascinating story, all thanks to him. Her write-
Ups is worth a read, including her link to the story of plastic piling up in Oregon, as China has stopped shipping. —
This presentation (pdf)on U. S.
Plastic recycling is also very interesting.
It believes that China's demand for the United StatesS.
Anyway, waste is likely to decrease soon.
Especially if the United StatesS.
Manufacturing is starting to rebound
Less empty container ships back to China)
Or whether China has expanded its domestic recycling program.