July 30, 2008 10:00 AM PDT
"We only generally sell to the Chinese. They can pay big dollars for a pure product," Jewell said. She added that the recovery system at the Davis Street center is advanced enough to produce stacks of material, 98 percent of which are PET plastics, which are popular in China.
To read more about where your garbage actually gets recycled, click here. You can also click here for a video of Waste Management's single stream recovery.
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