Germany Recycles – Or Does It?
Alexa Dvorsen reports from Bonn on Germany’s Green Dot recycling program. Although the much-admired German recycling campaign is being used as a model for other countries to follow, recent reports of large-scale dumping of Green Dot products in developing countries leads some to question the integrity of the program.
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