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A Trump victory no one is talking about.

That second garbage container in your garage is about to be gone.

The end of recycling is here.

Tariff Trump has killed it.

Cary, NC went from making half a mil a year to paying for recycling, as the town put it, overnight.

Raleigh is paying $1.5M for six months while it negotiates a higher long term contract.

That is quite a switch from making money. Gonna be a heck of a budget when Income becomes Cost.

What is happening in your home town?

It’s about to cost Raleigh a lot more, a lot sooner than expected, to keep recycling.

The City Council will consider an agreement Tuesday to pay Sonoco Recycling up to $1.5 million to continue taking Raleigh’s recyclable materials for six months, while the two sides negotiate a longer contract.

And it’s not just Raleigh. The cost of recycling has been rising across the United States since China banned most recycled material imports in January, fallout from the Trump administration’s trade wars. In Cary, the town went from making nearly $500,000 a year selling recyclables to suddenly having to pay to get them hauled away.

Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article236821623.html#storylink=cpy
[Post edited by Lazarus at 11/19/2019 06:05AM]

Posted: 11/19/2019 at 06:04AM

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A Trump victory no one is talking about. -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 06:04AM

The vast majority of recycling is just packaging. Is it really necessary -- Hooooooooooooooo 11/19/2019 12:53PM

If this really truly was Donnie's fault... -- Beerman 11/19/2019 10:12AM

I think focusing on stuff like this is silly. All policy -- BocaHoo91 11/19/2019 08:02AM

Nope. But ... -- Beerman 11/19/2019 09:51AM

Also no correlation to tariffs or Trump. China drastically cut back on -- Hoodafan 11/19/2019 08:57AM

Try reading up on the subject. I included an article for the uninformed. -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 09:57AM

Yes they've now banned what they drastically cut back previously, which -- Hoodafan 11/19/2019 10:18AM

I'll give up Hooda, you don't seem to want to read anything before posting. ** -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 10:21AM

Ok Boca, let's talk about silly. What are the chances Prez Warren bans -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 08:11AM

Probably about the same chance of Trump building his wall... well -- BocaHoo91 11/19/2019 09:26AM

Ever do a budget when an income line becomes and expense line? ** -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 09:42AM

Thoughts and prayers for the residents of Cary -- BocaHoo91 11/19/2019 09:43AM

Not gonna “tank” the stock market. That’s the lens Boca operates through. ** -- HooAskedYou 11/19/2019 09:01AM

I do appreciate posts like this. It's always good to know -- BocaHoo91 11/19/2019 09:27AM

You see the world through the stock market and your pocketbook. Nothing -- HooAskedYou 11/19/2019 12:28PM

Not that simple. I do see the world through an economic lens because -- BocaHoo91 11/19/2019 3:46PM

Looks like the market loves the idea of getting rid of Tariff Trump. Way -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 09:06AM

Lol! The sad part is you might actually believe that. How's that all cash -- Hoodafan 11/19/2019 09:11AM

He bought back in at...2800. I'll let you know where he sells once we have -- TpkeHoo 11/19/2019 09:40AM

Planning to stay in until May baring anything unforeseen. -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 09:51AM

Thanks for asking. Went away from cash -- and mentioned here -- a long -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 09:40AM

Yep. Market quickly recognized this sham impeachment. Didn't even blink. ** -- Hoodafan 11/19/2019 09:44AM

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^^^ lacks situational awareness ** -- WaxHoo 11/19/2019 08:57AM

Interesting Tuck. Saw an interview with AOC. They asked why didn't she -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 08:34AM

Life on Earth is NOT going to end in 12 years? ** -- Tuckahokie 11/19/2019 08:39AM

^^^ limited English comprehension, Tuck?** -- WaxHoo 11/19/2019 09:05AM

Apophis is our doom around then. ** -- Lupos 11/19/2019 08:49AM

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Every recyclable has dropped in value. -- Shenhoo 11/19/2019 07:38AM

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This. Seems from many reports recycling has been a -- GoochlandHoo 11/19/2019 09:39AM

There are plenty of products made from recycled materials and there would -- Hooooooooooooooo 11/19/2019 12:32PM

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I think that is correct. Sad to me though. ** -- Shenhoo 11/19/2019 08:54AM

As an addendum and fwiw, Tirkey is the big export -- Shenhoo 11/19/2019 08:23AM

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FREEDOM!! #MAGA baby ** -- 81_Hokie 11/19/2019 06:45AM

You know it 81. McConnell is asking for support for HK and to stop the -- Lazarus 11/19/2019 06:59AM