"By keeping non-biodegradable substances such as plastic out of landfills, most recyclers believe they are doing the environment a favor. Why just dump it when it can be reused? Trouble is, much of it isn’t reused. It is dumped in landfills. That is why so many recycling programs lose money and have to be subsidized by customers or taxpayers."

"As of Jan. 1, China banned imports of plastic waste. About 45 percent of that material from throughout the world has gone to China for the past quarter-century. Chinese recyclers have used some of the plastics. The rest goes to landfills, and the Chinese are tired of being the world’s dump."