Dependency
China
US
Plastic Imports
Recycling and Recycling Plants
Benefits
Externalities
Benefits
Externalities
Plastics Import Bans (China, India)
Consequences for US
Consequences for China
Plastic was being repurposed since other countries were sending their plastic their, since other countires did not want to deal with it
China made money from the Countries that were sending them the plastics, added revenue
Families in China were making businesses to repurpose plastic to sell to support their families and make money
They were getting trash from other countries, not just plastics, and had no way to repurpose them since they only had plastic repurposing plants
The country was getting a lot of plastic waste that was not getting handled by the small companies
With getting all of the plastics, they were starting to pollute the air in China at an alarming rate, since some plants were burning the plastic for either fire to cook, or just as a way to get rid of the plastic
The government was starting to think and make plants so they could start to make facilities to repurose our recycling
It was making the US responsible for their plastic waste instead of making other countries suffer and sort through our garbage
Some plants were just burning the plastics instead of finding ways to repurose the plastics they were getting, polluting the air in some cities, causing alarming rates for cases in the cities
They were losing millions from the countries that were paying for them to handle our plastics
Businesses handled by families were going out of business, no way to support themselves since all they knew was how to repurpose plastic
Plants that were made to handle our recycling were starting to pollute the air in the US, causing health issues in cities