In more "recycling is just shipping your plastic overseas where it actually doesn't get recycled"

LA Times: Malaysia will stop accepting U.S. plastic waste, creating a dilemma for California

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-26/malaysia-bans-us-plastic-waste-what-will-california-do

#plastic #environment #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle

Malaysia will stop taking U.S. plastic waste. What will California do?

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned U.S. waste imports in 2018.

Los Angeles Times
@ai6yr This shit was exposed so long ago and idiots keep falling for it. (by idiots, I mean massive municipalities gulping down hot loads from shitty conglomerate assholes like https://www.wm.com/ <those pricks)
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