Unfortunate Changes to Plastic Recycling in Portland
Part one of a 3-part series By Guest Blogger Barbara Bailleul, Master Recycler, class of Feb. 1997 China has been the buyer of our post-consumer plastics and other used commodities. They have just announced to the World Health Organization adoption of new environmental regulations, under which they are no longer allowing importation of recycled plastics, etc. from the United States and Europe. With no buyer, recyclers here will no longer be collecting these items. No need to go from one recycler to another, or one grocery store to another —