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The Chinese town where Christmas Lights go to die.

Postby cesariojpn » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:07 am

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Re: The Chinese town where Christmas Lights go to die.

Postby 68Camaro » Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:46 am

Hmmmm, thanks for posting that!
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Postby mtalbot_ca » Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:19 am

Amazing, thanks.
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Re: The Chinese town where Christmas Lights go to die.

Postby mj74 » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:56 pm

I have been wondering if there is a place that I could sell the insulation that I strip from the wire. I would love to sell
it,and have it recycled than it filling up my garbage can.
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Re: The Chinese town where Christmas Lights go to die.

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:40 pm

Great article, and great example of the free market at work: trash in one country is valuable raw material in another.

Just another instance of where the U.S. is:

1) Buying a manufactured item from China.

2) Selling the broken/used item back to them for recycling/reuse/repurposing.

3) Doing so with borrowed money, much of the debt being owned by China.

China is making money three times on the same string of Christmas lights.
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