CLIMATE CHANGEOVERFLOW
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 REPORTINGy that handles all that waste is on the verge of collapse.
BY VIVIENNE WALT
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
SEBASTIAN MEYERA PLANET IN CRISIS : THE PLASTIC FLOODC YCL EPLA.W.0420.XMIT.indd 73 FINAL 3/10/2020 4:00:12 PM