This California city asked where its recycling went. The answer wasn’t pretty.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/palo-alto-recycling-asia-garbage-waste-rcna58633

Author: Saqib Rahim

Four years ago, city officials in Palo Alto, California, posed what they thought was a straightforward question: Where did their recycling go?  Concerned citizens had seen dire headlines about plastic dumping in Southeast Asia, and they wanted to know if their waste contributed.