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Switzerland has a problem with plastic recycling

Because China has stopped importing plastic waste, Switzerland needs to find new recycling methods. The plastic is increasingly being incinerated or processed into pellets. An interview with Swiss-Recycling manager Patrik Geisselhardt. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)

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