Could We Recycle Plastics Into Roads?

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By Dr. Mercola

Readers of this newsletter know that plastic pollution is an urgent crisis. But, as if the 299 million tons of plastics the world produces a year were not enough, the situation is actually getting worse. China had imported 40 percent of America’s plastic waste, as well as other recyclables, for the last 30 years, but abruptly banned the imports in 2017.1

This has had dire consequences and the market for recyclables has all but collapsed, leaving cities that depended on exporting to China with no buyers.

The same cities that used to earn a profit from selling their recyclable plastics …read more

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