{"id":6254,"date":"2016-03-15T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/the-transformation-and-social-implications-of-chinas-underground-recycling-industry\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:11:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:11:57","slug":"the-transformation-and-social-implications-of-chinas-underground-recycling-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/the-transformation-and-social-implications-of-chinas-underground-recycling-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The transformation and social implications of China\u2019s underground recycling industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n Enormous recycling markets like this one in Beijing exist throughout China. Plastic products, in particular, must be painstakingly hand-sorted before they can be reprocessed. Photos courtesy of Joshua Goldstein.\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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