I think the problem is that it costs us more to sort and clean the stuff than it does in China.
“I think the problem is that it costs us more to sort and clean the stuff than it does in China.”
At a federal park about 10 years ago 3 high paid GS employees spent a whole day sorting recyclables and putting them in a trailer. The nearest recycling facility was over 180 miles away. Two of them hauled them to that facility consuming another days wages. This operation was demanded by the park superintendent so she could feel good about saving our Earth. It was estimated that in wages and fuel spent it cost close to $900.
But there is a good side to this. The Earth was saved for two days. Meanwhile, there were good men and women fighting for their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan just so these leftists a$$holes could waste taxpayers money.