Over the years we have seen media depictions of recycling centers and waste haulers dumping recycling-bound plastics, card, metal, and glass into landfills - either at home or overseas. Wherever it makes best business sense to do so.
This has led to well publicized environmental nightmares in places like Vietnam, Turkey, Malaysia, and Senegal.
But it’s also created a huge opportunity for green minded businesses everywhere; businesses that are crying out for the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of potential recyclable materials taken out of circulation every year.