On this edition of Eastern Standard

A National Geographic headline says it all: "We made plastic. We depend on it. Now we're drowning in it." China, which had been taking our plastic trash by the container shipload, has just closed the door. And now all of our plastic trash is beginning to pile up.

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This edition of Eastern Standard looks at the situation and hears from recyclers in Central Kentucky on what this means.