Current Affairs Recycling industry hit by global economic crisis

04-02-2009 16:51 | Jan Velinger

The global economic crisis is having a negative impact on recycling in countries including the Czech Republic, largely dependent on selling its recyclable materials abroad. Now, sources say, the system is threatening to grind to a halt. The drop in demand from countries such as China, has left smaller municipalities in a bind, stuck with the tab of having to get rid of the material. What are possible solutions and what could happen next?

Vojtěch Kotecký, photo: www.hnutiduha.cz Vojtěch Kotecký, photo: www.hnutiduha.cz   Back

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