Canadian recycling companies take the material from municipal programs and sort it, clean it and compress it into smaller cubes. For years, China was a huge market for the developed world's plastic waste, taking in about 45 per cent of the world's plastics waste since 1992 . How is Canadian plastic waste ending up in Asian countries? We transport waste to the United States, to South Korea, to obviously, Malaysia, the Philippines and elsewhere." Recycle B.C, a non-profit, took responsibility for the province's waste recycling about five years ago.

Source: CBC News May 29, 2019 09:30 UTC