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Plastics piling up at Prince William County landfill post-China recycling ban

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY -- U.S. officials were taken by surprise when China announced this year that it will no longer accept most plastics for recycling.

Prince William County and Manassas residents were equally confounded.

“After starting my own family and having kids, my concern for recycling has grown. If China no longer takes and processes our plastic, I’m not sure where it will all go, and I’m concerned it will end up in the water,” Kim Gutman, a Manassas resident, said over Facebook.

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