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Why don't we put our plastic in landfills then instead of trying to send it out of country?

Because some countries take a lot less money to - supposedly and according to their word - do that job cleanly for us.

We know that in fact they are probably lying, but it is quite difficult to do business like that. If we refused to make business with those countries on that basis, we would be accused of discrimination.

But what countries are taking this trash?

I mean, isn't the entire crisis that China does not take the trash anymore?

So if we have all this trash, why can't we just put it in a landfill?

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