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Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1235" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/17/recycled-plastic-america-global-crisis" target="_blank"><strong>Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret - The Guardian</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>A Guardian report from 11 countries tracks how US waste makes its way across the world – and overwhelms the poorest nations</strong> </p><p></p><p>What happens to your plastic after you drop it in a recycling bin?</p><p></p><p>According to promotional materials from America’s plastics industry, it is whisked off to a factory where it is seamlessly transformed into something new.</p><p></p><p>This is not the experience of Nguyễn Thị Hồng Thắm, a 60-year-old Vietnamese mother of seven, living amid piles of grimy American plastic on the outskirts of Hanoi. Outside her home, the sun beats down on a Cheetos bag; aisle markers from a Walmart store; and a plastic bag from ShopRite, a chain of supermarkets in New Jersey, bearing a message urging people to recycle it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1235, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/17/recycled-plastic-america-global-crisis'][B]Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret - The Guardian[/B][/URL] [B]A Guardian report from 11 countries tracks how US waste makes its way across the world – and overwhelms the poorest nations[/B] What happens to your plastic after you drop it in a recycling bin? According to promotional materials from America’s plastics industry, it is whisked off to a factory where it is seamlessly transformed into something new. This is not the experience of Nguyễn Thị Hồng Thắm, a 60-year-old Vietnamese mother of seven, living amid piles of grimy American plastic on the outskirts of Hanoi. Outside her home, the sun beats down on a Cheetos bag; aisle markers from a Walmart store; and a plastic bag from ShopRite, a chain of supermarkets in New Jersey, bearing a message urging people to recycle it. [/QUOTE]
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