I don't believe China was "recycling" our trash. I think on their return trip, the Chinese buyers dumped their load in the ocean and Taa Daaa! the" Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is born!
I was thinking they were burning our trash for energy. But, regardless, WHO CARES !!!!
What’s important is that feeling of well-being one gets when putting their sorted trash into recycling bins!!!! It’s just like owning a Tesla - you just plug it into the wall and watch - see NO POLLUTION!!!! Nothing yucky comes out of the wall, or the tail pipe!!!! What could be more ‘wonderful’.
That picture looks like our city lake after Cinco de Mayo.