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Chapter 404 Where did the waste plastic go?

Seeing the garbage recycling associations of various countries have sent the waste plastics to the past, the international environmental protection organization was instantly excited.

In recent years, Dongfang has done so well in environmental protection that international environmental protection organizations have nothing to say and cannot find any attack points.

Whether it is the wide application of photovoltaic power, or afforestation, the protection forest project of transforming sand into soil.

All have made great contributions to global environmental protection and won numerous praises.

These points are not black at all, so they can only say that other people eat too much meat every day, which affects global carbon emissions.

But these words are not convincing. Anyone with a discerning eye will know that it is nonsense, and it is difficult to cause any substantial blow.

Now, they finally caught a huge black spot.

What?The environmental protection agency backtracked, announced a ban on waste and secretly asked companies to accept waste plastic waste.

This is really not environmentally friendly!
It's like a sieve, full of loopholes all over.

It is completely possible to set up a target for attack.

Tear off its hypocritical mask and let the people of the world see the true face of environmental protection here.

I don't know what to do with the garbage after receiving it.

burn?Or landfill?
No matter what kind of treatment method, it is a huge pollution to the environment, which is an unforgivable crime.

You can definitely seize this point to make a fuss and dig out a big news!

As soon as this idea popped up, it was like a maggot attached to the bone, firmly taking root in their minds.

So, with the idea of ​​conspiracy theory, global environmental protection organizations quietly acted.

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On this day, a well-known UP master suddenly released a popular science video.

Where did the plastic go? "

This is a self-media with many fans, belonging to the head level, and the number of fans on all major platforms has exceeded tens of millions.

The videos he posted were either telling people about the disappearance of tropical rainforests, or moving the landscape of wildfires around the world, and by the way, he put together some videos of melting icebergs in the North and South Pole.

So in the video released this time, fans can understand at a glance that it must be talking about environmental protection again, and it still talks about the theme of plastic pollution.

Sure enough, after clicking to play, the video soon appeared piles of rubbish stuck together.

"'I have tons of rubbish here, why don't I sell it to you at a lower price?' If I ask you like this, your first reaction must be to curse people, think I'm crazy, crazy about money, and sell rubbish? "

"In fact, a few years ago, this garbage crossed the ocean and came to our land, turned waste into treasure, fed countless people, and provided valuable industrial resources."

"Today, let me take you with me to review the past and present of plastic."

The deep sound of paper clips sounded, telling stories about plastics one after another.

"Plastic was once called one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, but it only took a few decades from invention to disaster."

"Nowadays, in our lives, toothbrushes, water glasses, tires, packaging, earphones, clothes, etc., plastics are everywhere and omnipotent. They have completely engulfed our basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, and all aspects of life."

"However, human beings often ignore the other side of plastic. This crystallization of human wisdom is the most difficult to degrade in the world. It is discarded in nature, and the environmental pollution it causes often takes hundreds of years to completely degrade. "

"When plastic is not used much, it's nothing. When plastic has overwhelmed you completely, it's a huge disaster."

"The world produces hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste every year, of which only 9% is recycled and 12% is incinerated, so where does the remaining huge plastic waste go?"

"Let's follow in the footsteps of the video and explore one by one."

Shocking pictures appeared on the screen.

There are courier stations full of foam cartons, waste disposal centers with mountains of garbage, and endless mountains of garbage floating on the sea that are bigger than icebergs. People make a huge visual impact.

Kuta Beach, which once had the most beautiful coastline, has become an island of plastic garbage, densely packed with tons of plastic garbage, boundless, completely submerging the entire coastline.

The overlord of the ocean, the giant sperm whale, died on the beach with no scars on the outside. After the stomach was cut open, there were hundreds of plastic bags and even a large oil drum inside.

The bustling and bustling city is surrounded by large and small garbage dumps, almost forming a circle, and people seem to live in a huge garbage dump.

"As we can see, cities surrounded by garbage, oceans of garbage, continents of garbage, mountains of plastic completely surround people, forming isolated islands, and plastic garbage has become the biggest white terror of the moment."

Just when people were feeling heavy and frightened, Paperclip suddenly changed the subject and returned to the question at the beginning.

"Then people may ask, human technology is so advanced, why can't we deal with a mere piece of plastic waste?"

"Good question. In fact, people can deal with plastic waste through recycling, incineration, landfill and other means, but the economic and environmental costs are relatively high, so the burden falls on poor countries."

"In the past, the East also imported a large amount of plastic waste, and processed it through recycling, landfill, etc., so as to obtain relatively cheap industrial resources."

"Speaking of this, everyone may puff up their chests and say proudly, I am rich and prosperous, so I don't want garbage anymore."

"Is this really the case?"

"Stop the trash, will the trash disappear?"

"No, that's not the case. We don't want garbage. This garbage will go to other places, to places that are poorer than us."

"But everyone should not be too happy, thinking that if someone takes over, you don't have to be a trash guy, and the environment will get better."

"That's not the case, because even poor countries don't want to be garbage guys anymore. They have already refused to accept foreign garbage, especially plastic garbage that cannot be recycled or degraded, and will only pollute the environment."

"So, I want to ask you a question again, do you know where these rejected plastic wastes go?"

"Where does the world's plastic waste go?"

"Next, let me reveal the mystery for everyone."

A picture of a port appeared in the camera, with huge ships docked densely on the shore, and countless containers stacked on top of each other, the scene was extremely spectacular.

"Hehe, this is our Yangshan Port. Cargo ships full of plastic waste shuttle endlessly, pouring waste into our land continuously."

The camera zoomed in, and a container appeared in front of him. Two staff members in uniform were opening the door of the cabinet to check.

When the door was opened, it was filled with neatly packed plastic waste.

The staff looked at it, closed the cabinet door, and continued to the next container.

Container after container was opened, all filled with the same plastic waste.

"When you see this scene, you must have a lot of questions in your heart. Don't worry, let's interview the staff at the scene."

Soon a mosaic figure appeared on the screen, which seemed to be one of the staff members who checked the cabinet just now.

"Excuse me, are there many such waste plastic containers?"

"There are a lot of them. The business of plastic waste is very hot now. Several ships come over every day. We have to check them one by one. We only accept waste plastics and not other garbage." The staff member explained cheerfully.

"Why only accept plastic waste?"

"Because there are recycled plastic companies that come to pick up the goods, they have import licenses, and this is a good business. Not only is there free garbage, but a cabinet can also charge a disposal fee of 300 US dollars. It is very popular now."

"Why do these ships pay $300 a bin for plastic waste?"

"Because nothing else is accepted, only we accept—"

The interview came to an abrupt end, and the whole scene stayed on waste plastic containers.

"As you can see, our ports and containers are full of plastic waste that even Southeast Asia refuses to accept."

"Where does the world's plastic waste go? I think everyone should have an answer in their hearts at this moment."

"The import of any plastic waste has been banned many years ago. I don't know why these companies will get permission to import plastic waste again."

"Is it just for the $300 a cabinet garbage disposal fee?"

"It's just too unacceptable."

"The water, sky, forest, land, and all the environment and resources here should be far more precious than the three hundred dollars."

"The road to environmental protection is long and difficult. We are not born to be garbage people. No one wants their green mountains and green waters to become a ghostly place that is not as good as a pigsty."

"I would like to advise, but don't lose the hard-won natural environment for a little profit."

"It's not scary to be poor, as long as you work hard, you will get rich sooner or later."

"However, if the heart is poor, there is really no cure."

Whoa!
Everyone who watched this video felt their scalps tingling and felt a kind of extreme anger.

I wish I could grab the people inside and yell at them.

Why don't you just ignore it for thousands of dollars?
Still only collecting discarded plastic waste?

Are they all unwanted by others?
Everyone turned into Jianxian, exhaled fragrantly, and began to criticize and criticize, pushing this video to the top of the hot search.

In an instant, one stone stirred up thousands of waves, and this video sparked heated discussions across the Internet.

After watching the video, netizens were all angry and complained.

"It's all about what, it's not environmentally friendly!"

"Let's just say, everyone is not short of money now, why some companies still can't get rid of the bad habit of picking up garbage, and accept everything."

"This video was shot well and revealed the truth of the matter, otherwise I wouldn't have known there was such a shady scene behind it."

"It's really sad, angry and uncontested. For some money, my conscience has been eaten by dogs."

"Hehe, how do you know it's the company's problem? I didn't see that everyone has obtained the import license."

"Big, how dare you say that? Hush! Keep your voice down."

"It can only be said that the water here is very deep, everyone is fine, so let's not say a few words."

"Garbage companies only know about money and money, and they got into the eyes of money."

"Nimma, these recycled plastic recycling manufacturers, one counts as one, all of them are fucking garbage."

Netizens cursed and cursed the recycled plastic manufacturers.

It's just that the video didn't specify which company it was, and everyone couldn't find a target to spray, so they had to vent their anger on environmental protection agencies.

Soon, the official Weibo of the environmental protection agency on Langbo fell.

While everyone was scolding fiercely, suddenly another Internet celebrity spoke up.

"After watching this video, there is always an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and I feel that something is deliberately misleading everyone."

"I ask everyone to calm down and not be blinded by anger. Whether the environmental protection is good or not, the important thing is the result. In fact, over the years, our environment has become better and better. Not only has the desert become an oasis, More and more protective forests have been built, and the greening of cities has become more and more beautiful."

"Everyone might as well take a look around you. Is there any large-scale plastic pollution?"

"The garbage pictures that appear in the video are either foreign scenes or documentaries from a few years ago. There is not a single current photo, and the convincing power is really limited."

"As the video says, the recycled plastics industry imports garbage to recycle and reuse waste plastics. Our country has a high level of technology in this area. If it is really profitable and does not pollute the environment, then what is wrong with the company? "

"This is obviously a win-win thing, don't let someone with a heart set the rhythm."

The media and Internet celebrities reposted it one after another, which soon sparked a big discussion.

And netizens are gradually coming back to it.

"Indeed, I was reckless. The environment of the city I live in is very good. I walked around the city yesterday, and I really didn't see any large-scale plastic pollution.

"In the small town where I live, there used to be several waste plastic processing factories, all of which were family workshops. Anyway, the sewage discharge is really hard to describe. I ran over to take a look this morning. There was no smoke billowing from these factories, and no black water flowing across them. , although there is a lot of plastic waste piled up in the factory, but it is just a bit smelly, and it does not feel harmful."

This netizen also posted a lot of photos of the plastic processing factory. From the photos, although it is impossible to enter the factory, the surrounding green plants are lush and the ground is clean, and there is no serious pollution to the environment.

The photographs are powerful and completely overturn the common perception of messiness in plastic processing factories.

Netizens looked at it and recalled it.

"Yeah, somewhere in Southeast Asia, where industrialization has zero, the technology for recycling plastics must be incomparable to ours."

"The case has been solved. In fact, our garbage collection technology is relatively strong, so we can receive garbage that others don't want. This is very reasonable."

"Indeed, I also feel that the video is a bit alarmist. It is based on rumors. When you see a garbage ship, you start to make a fuss. In fact, there is no environmental pollution at all."

"Importing waste and old waste is normal. It is a normal business. We also import waste metal waste. Why don't we say that it is polluted by heavy metals?"

"That paper clip still has the face to say that he is a popular science blogger. I think he is a popular science blogger. He doesn't even have a basic field investigation. He just looks at the pictures and talks nonsense. It's ridiculous."

"What do the staff at the dock know, just talk about it casually, and treat it as a sword for you."

"Cut, waste my feelings, spam blogger, cancel it!"

The craze on the Internet comes and goes quickly. Although the paperclip video was very popular at the beginning, if there is no follow-up environmental pollution, the craze will not last forever, but will disappear soon.

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Haishi, a BBB office.

Several media reporters sat in the office, all of them had ugly faces.

"Fake, how did these netizens suddenly become smart?" A tall, thin, middle-aged man murmured unwillingly.

"It shouldn't be, why did the heat go away so quickly?" A woman in her early thirties, wearing glasses, pulled her hair with a bewildered expression.

Another young man stared at the screen with straight eyes, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Another [-] followers have been lost."

The tall, thin, middle-aged man was silent for a while, and then said: "It's true that we didn't think carefully, and what they said is also reasonable. Without a real hammer, the popularity cannot be sustained, and there is no real impact."

"I don't believe it. How can there be no environmental pollution after receiving so much waste plastic? It must be somewhere. We haven't found it yet."

He patted the table and said harshly, "Every one of us has to go out for field investigations, break into the interior of the recycled plastic manufacturer, and secretly visit. We must obtain evidence of environmental pollution and completely hammer the environmental protection agency to death!"

"There is also a waste treatment center, which is also very suspicious. Big cities produce so much plastic waste every day, there must be landfills. This is all environmental pollution, and must be photographed as evidence."

"In addition, there are some villages and rivers that were heavily polluted in the past. We have to go and have a look, use drones to investigate carefully, and we must find out all the heavily polluted places."

"Understood? You, you, you, get up for me, act now!"

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Linshan Town is a well-known gathering place for waste plastic processing factories.

Reporter Xiao Li walked to the door of a waste plastic processing factory, looked at the crude factory building, and couldn't help nodding secretly.

"It's up to you. The worse the conditions, the better the factory."

It is said that this factory used to be a pig farm, and the employees are just a couple of bosses. It can be said that it is a typical family workshop, and it is also his ideal target for unannounced visits.

He arrived here yesterday, found an excuse to talk about business, and quickly gained the trust of the boss.

Today is the door-to-door inspection.

The boss came out quickly and took Xiao Li around to 'inspect' the production site.

Xiao Li saw sewage flowing everywhere in the factory area, piles of plastic garbage everywhere, and a stench coming out of his nostrils, and he immediately showed a satisfied smile.

"Well, the outside is a bit dirty, and the manpower is limited, so I can't manage it, but the inside is clean, don't worry."

The boss rubbed his hands in embarrassment, and led Xiao Li into the workshop.

After Xiao Li went in, he looked around, but he didn't see any familiar plastic recycling and granulation equipment, and he was ecstatic in his heart.

He asked calmly, "Where's the equipment?"

Pointing to the large cement pools dug on the ground, the boss explained: "That's the main thing. In addition, we also have some separation, dehydration, and drying equipment in the factory next door."

Xiao Li's eyes widened immediately, and he saw that the pool was full of water, and there was a lot of waste plastic garbage densely soaked.

"Tsk tsk, what a fool. This factory didn't buy a single piece of equipment that it should have, and just soaked the plastic in water and landfilled it. It's outrageous. This is really polluting the environment."

Xiao Li thought about it, and almost laughed out loud.

He took out his mobile phone: "Boss, do you mind if I take some photos?"

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On the outskirts of Haishi, a landfill.

After six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky had already darkened.

A tall, thin, middle-aged man drove to the neighborhood, wearing a mask, and walked in cautiously.

He has a flashlight in his left hand and a small shovel in his right hand. As he walks along, he finds that something is wrong.

"Hey, why is there so little garbage?"

The imaginary scene of garbage piled up like a mountain did not appear, only a few piles of garbage piled up on the ground, which did not feel as much domestic garbage as in a large community.

The entire ground is very flat, and some places are covered with black plastic film. This should be a special landfill geotextile, which is used to isolate the garbage from the environment, separate it from the groundwater, and keep it dry without causing pollution.

Looking at this layer of black geotextile, he suddenly felt refreshed. There must be landfill plastic waste underneath.

Just lift the geotextile and take a picture of the garbage buried inside to prove that it is indeed plastic.

As for whether it is domestic waste in the city or imported plastic waste, who will tell?
The tall and thin man hurried over, and after a lot of effort, he tore open a seal, revealing the garbage underneath.

A smile appeared on his face, and he picked up the shovel and shoveled it.

Then he turned on the flashlight and shone through.

I saw that the shovel was full of waste paper, glass, metal, and cloth, and there was not a single piece of plastic waste.

He was stunned for a moment.

I quickly waved the shovel and shoveled it a few more times, and after a closer look, there was still no plastic waste.

The tall and thin man's legs softened, and he sat on the ground, his head was confused, and he asked the sky speechlessly.

He has only one question on his mind at the moment.

"Where does the plastic waste go?"

(End of this chapter)