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A journey of 9,500 miles. Why recyclables are heading overseas to Asia.

Above: Mixed plastics are baled at the Green Wate Material Recovery Facility in San Jose and sold to international buyers. Ricardo Hernandez was finishing up his collection rounds as a solid-waste driver for GreenWaste of Palo Alto recently when he spotted a black trash bin overflowing with garbage bags. “Most of the stuff in these […]