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Here's what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshore

  • Written by Monique Retamal, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Here's what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshoreMigrant workers break apart blocks of pressed plastic bottles at a recycling plant in Thailand.EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

Last year many Australians were surprised to learn that around half of our plastic waste collected for recycling is exported, and up to 70% was going to China. So much of the world’s plastic was being sent to China that China...

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