Talk to me about recycliing? How can we be effective now?
I've been hearing some about how China is no longer taking our recyclables and more and more things are ending up in landfills. I heard an expert on NPR talk about how really shipping containers of plastic across the ocean to China MIGHT not be the best thing for the earth anyway (although I think he said paper is neutral and metal is still an environmental gain). I want to know how I can do my part to be better at recycling. Will it matter if I rinse out my recyclables and am uber careful to make sure I separate it properly? I know the best thing to do is to consume less. But apart from that, what are the new recommendations? Where are you going for information about this? I say this as I'm carrying my recyclables out to the bin and wondering if I'm doing any good at all...
TIA!