so they made money recycling certain things, refused to recycle others
MILLENIALS DON'T KNOW DON'T REMEMBER WHAT "GOING GREEN" MEANS
It's assumed a factory will use ANY input if it is cheaper than (mining, farming). That's not "going green".
Going green means the government subsidizing or even mandating (proven case) recycling, making industry suffer a little (BUT NOT CHINA IMPORTS), so that technology improves and discoveries of how to recycle profitably are made.
GOING GREEN NEVER MEANT BENDING OVER FOR THE CHINESE OR APPLAUDING A COMPANY FOR DOING WHAT COMPANIES NATURALLY DO***
(of course if it's a government bailout company with no motivation for profit they aren't going to what money dictates they will do what politics dictate which is to FUCK UP ROYALLY)