Got a Problem? Export It!

The US is the world's largest exporter of plastic waste. Up to 2015, the US used to send most of its plastic waste to China. Then China decided it didn't want to be the 'world's plastic rubbish dump'. It now seems that much of the US's plastic waste is being diverted to Latin America (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/24/latin-america-urges-us-to-reduce-plastic-waste-exports-to-region). Latin American Environmental Organisations are calling on the US to reduce the export of plastic waste to their regions. Plastic waste exports to Latin America doubled in the first 7 months of 2020. Mexico, being close and having cheap labour, gets most. The waste creates serious environmental problems and tends not to be disposed of/recycled in Latin America. The US should create its own specialist plants for dealing with the plastic waste that they generate locally.