My uncle didn't believe me when I told him - you shouldn't recycle broken glass. He looked it up and it's true you aren't supposed to. He also found out Baltimore sells its recycling to China. Is this true?
Lots of articles in the last year about China restricting imports on recycling. Tough news for America: https://www.npr.org/2017/12/09/568797388/recycling-chaos-in-u-s-as-china-bans-foreign-waste … "The U.S. exports about one-third of its recycling, and nearly half goes to China. For decades, China has used recyclables from around the world..."
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Truly absurd that we export trash to a developing nation for years, then scramble for solutions when they don't have to rely on our trash as a resource. Really not sure what the scope of this ishttp://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/news/economy/china-new-recycling-ban/index.html …
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