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minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·6 months agoGermany is doing okayish: Source (PDF)
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-26 months agoArent they still off-sourcing the actual recycling to a 3rd world country?
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoNah, at least not most of them. Electronics recycling however is one where i wouldnt be surprised if it gets offloaded to elsewhere.
minus-squareBaŝto@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoEspecially for paper no … or rather it’s complicated. There is demand for recycled paper and we have lots of products which are made with these. If I understand it correctly, Germany imports more waste paper than it exports. But the quality between those two differs
Germany is doing okayish:
Source (PDF)
Arent they still off-sourcing the actual recycling to a 3rd world country?
Nah, at least not most of them. Electronics recycling however is one where i wouldnt be surprised if it gets offloaded to elsewhere.
Especially for paper no … or rather it’s complicated. There is demand for recycled paper and we have lots of products which are made with these.
If I understand it correctly, Germany imports more waste paper than it exports. But the quality between those two differs