Fortune - 04.2020

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CLIMATE CHANGE

OVERFLOW
Plastic waste
in Smithtown,
N.Y., where
plunging prices
have pushed
the recycling
system beyond
its limits.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING

y that handles all that waste is on the verge of collapse.


BY VIVIENNE WALT
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
SEBASTIAN MEYER

A PLANET IN CRISIS : THE PLASTIC FLOOD

C YCL E

PLA.W.0420.XMIT.indd 73 FINAL 3/10/2020 4:00:12 PM
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