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China has stopped taking our recycling and waste. Here’s where it’s ending up

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  Duncan Gillies is shocked by the ever growing mountains of plastic at the Huntly Transfer Station. Duncan Gillies is shocked by the ever growing mountains of plastic at the Huntly Transfer Station. CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF

In the year to November 2017, China purchased almost $26 million of waste and recyclables from New Zealand, according to data from Stats NZ. That was almost half of the $57.25 million that went overseas that year. In 2016 we sent $21m worth of waste to China, made up of $8.2m of plastic, $3.1m of …

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