19 Aug WSJ reports that it is cheaper to ship recycled plastic (PET) to China than across the U.S. This is because the U.S. trade imbalance with China is so great that we must ship empty containers to China. The marginal cost of putting something like PET in those containers is virtually zero. This has led to the price of recycled PET in the U.S. being higher than the price of new!
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