China wrestles with recycling issues

Fascinating video brings the viewer inside China—at the packaging operation level, at the retail level, at the waste collection level, and at the recycling center to which waste is brought. The difficulties surrounding recycling are obviously being felt every bit as much in China as they are in Chicago.

A report from China Central Television on recycling is a bit one-sided in its bias against multilayered aseptic brick packs where recycling is concerned. But the clip is a fascinating sneak peek into the fabric of Chinese society.
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