
The State of Recycling
A survey of recycling efforts in eight states

Through information gathered in North Carolina, Virginia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, it’s clear that states vary widely in how successfully they have adjusted to East Asian governments banning, limiting or more heavily regulating U.S. recyclable exports, if at all. Broadly, states can be divided into three groups — those that have faced recent challenges, those that have always been challenged, and those that seem, for now, least affected by the crisis.






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