'Moment of reckoning': US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports

source: Theguardian.com

Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban.
But in the past three months, half of these recyclables have been loaded on to trucks, taken to a hulking incineration facility and burned, according to the city’s government.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/21/philadelphia-covanta-incinerator-recyclables-china-ban-imports