Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned U.S. waste imports in 2018.
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Well known for several years now California (collected and non-collected) scrap plastic is negatively recycling. No dilemma. Just quietly goes into the incinerators.
There was a blogger that experimented with 100 gps trackable AirTags affixed to recyclables… all of his plastics (eventually) ended at landfill sites.