1. Plastic Bottles

2. How is China much like pre-20th century U. S
How is China much like pre-20th century U.S. with what happens to consumer waste?
China, pre-20th c. U.S.
Waste collected down the line
Collect/sell scrap
Reuse
1960s U.S. waste concerns
Landfills
Pollutions
Resource use

3. ‘One-Ways’ (DQ 1, Part I) History of two-ways and one-ways
PET soda bottles
Convenient, portable, disposable
WWII influence
US interstate system
Central distributor
Cheap plastic for industry

4. Plastic Goes to China (DQ 1, Part I)
Cheap shipping
Empty pods to China (esp. from W. Coast)
Plastic-based exports
China reuses plastic waste; U.S. some reuse
Other plastics- reuse waste ↓ fuel use
Cheaper labor
Not feasible in U.S.

5. Plastics Industry & the Bottle Bill (DQ 2)
Only support when under pressure
Objective: Make, sell virgin plastics
Top players: U.S. oil, chemical companies
Stable oil prices = no incentive for recycling
Want in good w/ bottlers
Fragmented group
V. aluminum, steel, paper
Shift burden to producers from consumers
Germany ex.

6. GN v. GS Waste Issues (DQ 3)
GN- Good at collection
Tax base
Bad a sorting
Need incentives for consumer waste reduction
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme
Tax citizens
GS- Good at sorting
Incentives to collect trash
Collection v. healthcare costs
See immediate benefit
Can reuse products
Biggest problem=open landfills

7. GS & Plastic Waste (DQ 4) Collection challenges Export less feasible
Fewer imports
Shipping less efficient= ↑ costs
Reuse, repurpose when possible
↓ expensive

8. Recap Development= ↑ waste
Cater to convenience
Infrastructure in place in GN for waste collection, processing
GS lacks waste collection infrastructure
China has demand for recycled materials
Reuse of waste based on economic incentives
For GN, need to shift burden to producers