Here’s a fact that may strike you as bonkers: The complex where I live in a beach city adjacent to Los Angeles doesn’t offer tenants a waste recycling option. For we steadfast few who insist on separating our plastics and papers, the only option is a trip to a local recycling center.
But I’m hardly alone. Turns out tens of millions of Americans don’t have easy access to waste recycling programs. With recent news that China, which has been doing the lion’s share of our recycling for decades, will no longer be accepting waste from the U.S., it’s possible millions more will lose the service.