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The plastic waste crisis is an opportunity for the US to get serious about recycling at home

  • Written by Kate O'Neill, Associate Professor, Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
The plastic waste crisis is an opportunity for the US to get serious about recycling at homeConveyors carry mixed plastic into a device that will shred recycle them at a plastics recycling plant in Vernon, California. AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File

A global plastic waste crisis is building, with major implications for health and the environment. Under its so-called “National Sword” policy, China has sharply reduced imports of...

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