It’s been about a decade since Josh and Chuck last checked in on recycling and since then a lot has changed. A global commodities market dealing in recyclables has developed and recently crashed. Jump back into the fascinating world of recycling.
# Stuff You Should Know Episode Summary
This episode is an updated deep dive into recycling—how it works, where your stuff actually goes, and why the system recently hit a massive snag. Josh and Chuck break down everything from sorting facilities to the global commodities market, and they explain why China's shocking decision to stop accepting the world's recycled materials in 2017 threw the entire recycling industry into chaos. Along the way, you'll learn surprising facts like what actually gets recycled most (spoiler: it's not soda cans), why your plastic bottle caps should stay on, and how single-stream recycling made us recycle more stuff—including things we shouldn't be.
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