AI6YR BenJun 26

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
Show threadMsMeropeJun 26

@ai6yr maybe we could sneak it onto one of those explodey rockets and burn it all up!

(for the uninitiated: that was sarcasm - it’s almost always sarcasm)

Show threadW6KMEJun 26
@MsMerope @ai6yr Nobody wants to do the easy thing...quit using single-use plastic.
Show threadme_valentijnJun 26
@W6KME @MsMerope @ai6yr I'd take it a step up the ladder, since consumers don't always have the options they want: businesses need to stop manufacturing and using non-essential single-use plastics.
Show threadW6KME
@me_valentijn @MsMerope @ai6yr Some of my favorite retailers are guilty as hell of this. Looking at YOU, Trader Joe's.
Jun 26 at 4:37pmWeb