NewsWhore
06-13-2008, 03:10 PM
Though you might think your metal waste will end up at a junkyard around the corner, what actually happens is that metal waste ends up in large containers that are shipped out to China. According to Diario Libre, China received 91.3 million kilograms of scrap waste in 2007, 152,460 kilograms of which came from the DR. The trade in used batteries is also big business with an unnamed source telling Diario Libre that his company ships 1,000 tons of batteries each month, of which 90% goes to South Korea.
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