China ban on scrap imports a boon to US recycling plants

There’s money in garbage: A man walking past towers of recyclables at a warehouse in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. — AP

ALBANY: The halt on China’s imports of wastepaper and plastic that has disrupted US recycling prog­rammes has also spurred investment in American plants that process recyclables.

US paper mills are expanding capacity to take advantage of a glut of cheap scrap. Some facilities that previously exported plastic or metal to China have retooled so that they can process it themselves.