Southeast Asian countries don’t want our recycling 

The World

Americans are bad at recycling. And that’s bad news for the countries where our recycling is ending up. We hear from The World’s Patrick Winn and Jason Margolis. Also, Cody Marshall with the nonprofit The Recycling Partnership weighs in on which US cities and foreign countries are getting recycling right. 

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