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Exports of US plastic garbage rise, despite ban
Even though it’s now illegal for most countries to accept all but the purest forms of plastic scrap from the United States, there’s nothing that prevents the United States from sending the waste. The main reason: The United States is one of the few countries in the world that didn’t ratify the global ban.
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So we can send our trash but they won't accept it unless it is "pure" plastic scrap. We are incredibly wasteful...need our own solution for plastic use/dpsposal that eliminates this bio-nuisance.
"Ooh-hoo say can you see - all the waste piles high up!"