According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans recycle around 66 million tons of plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and scrap metal, etc. each year. But then China threw a kink into things when they announced last summer that they would no longer accept "foreign garbage" which includes recyclables. The Solid Waste Association of North America says these restrictions have disrupted recycling programs throughout the United States, and we were wondering how our state is being affected.
Mike Switzer interviews Mike Pope, president and general manager of Sonoco Recycling in Hartsville, SC.
