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Recycling America’s Christmas Lights

China’s hunger for materials and its powerful economies of scale can make a viable business of recycling what would occupy landfills elsewhere. At The Atlantic, Adam Minter describes the town of Shijiao, whose factories recycle more than 20 million pounds of discarded Christmas tree lights each year. The town may offer a challenge to the perception that shipping material (back) to China for recycling