I believe that China will still accept aluminum for recycling. Their restrictions were more on “mixed” recyclables. Much of the plastic that was being shipped there included associated hazardous and non-recyclable materials (old TVs with lead solder as an example) and they didn’t want to become the hazardous dump for the US. Paper was an issue because we included things like envelopes with plastic windows (not recyclable) in the bales which caused a problem.
I think your issue with the price for recyclable aluminum is supply & demand. There is a s__t ton of aluminum cans being returned now and American companies still haven’t bought into buying recycled raw materials due to quality concerns.
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