Recycling in U.S. took a big hit from China, but waste companies still encourage it

A year ago, China upended the market for plastics, paper and other recycled products by curtailing purchases of a lot of discarded American material. Prices dropped and recyclers looked for new buyers. Some consumers got the message that they shouldn‘t bother to keep recycling paper, plastics, aluminum, glass and other materials.

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2019/01/18/waste-management-republic-services-see-big-drop-recycling-revenue-china/2580528002/