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

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