The U.S. used to ship about 7 million tons of plastic trash to China a year, where much of it was recycled into raw materials. Then came the Chinese crackdown of 2018. Olivia Sun/NPR hide caption toggle caption Olivia Sun/NPR Goats and Soda Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn't Want It? March 13, 2019 • Last year, China drastically cut back its imports of plastic waste to recycle. Now the U.S. and other wealthy nations must figure out what to do with their discards. Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn't Want It? Listen · 5:38 5:38 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/702501726/703162455" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn't Want It? Listen · 5:38 5:38 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/702501726/703162455" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
