China Bans Foreign Waste – What Will Happen to the World's Recycling?

Re:China Bans Foreign Waste – What Will Happen to the World'... by grecy on Monday October 23, 2017 @05:47AM (#15531923)

Absolutely.

It's refreshing to spend time in the undeveloped world and see how glass bottles are re-used hundreds or thousands of times, how many things you buy don't come wrapped in plastic and how people simply buy less crap.

In order of importance - Reduce, re-use, recycle.

The developed world is just now catching on to the worst of the three.

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Re:China Bans Foreign Waste – What Will Happen to the World'... by averagewall on Monday October 23, 2017 @06:48AM (#15532156)

I understand the sentiment and sometimes keep jars that look like they might be useful. But if you're not actually forced into that life forever, it's not really fair to judge it as desirable. I appreciate having time to do intellectual work without the burden of tedious manual labour tasks all day - did they also wash their clothes by hand? The human brain is capable of far more than that. What a waste the 3rd world is in not tapping as much of its potential.

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Re:China Bans Foreign Waste – What Will Happen to the World'... by justlearning123 on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:22AM (#15532598)

Undeveloped, really?

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Re:China Bans Foreign Waste – What Will Happen to the World'... by toomuchtodo on Monday October 23, 2017 @11:30PM (#15538983)

Dan is traveling through Africa.

http://theroadchoseme.com/africa-expedition-overview

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