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Trash talk: the socio-economics of materials recovery

Across the globe, recycling companies face difficult challenges to remain financially viable. Impossible margin pressures, commodity price volatilities, and strict international regulations have put the material recovery industry into a tight situation. Countries like China and the Philippines are finally speaking up, and major rejection of recycled raw materials due to contamination is one of the biggest challenges for continuity of the industry. Net Impact Amsterdam Founder, Andrea Palmer, explores the environmental impacts of social and economic exclusion, through the waste industry.