Exposing Australia's recycling lie

60 Minutes Australia
Published on Apr 15, 2019

Right now, Australia is stuck in an unsightly and worsening recycling crisis. What is being done with plastic waste, the material most people think would be easy to salvage and re-use, is of the greatest concern. As Liam Bartlett discovers, most of it ends up either being buried or worse - exported to countries like Malaysia, a place we are now treating like a garbage bin.

Reporter: Liam Bartlett
Producer: Grace Tobin

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