The shipment of waste to Asia from the United States has been making economic sense for years because of some fundamental realities - ready supply, ready cargo space, and other economic factors make it cheaper to ship it to Asia than recycle it in the US.
Waste is the by-product of consumption; the better a consumer-based economy does, the more waste it generates because consumers have more money to buy more stuff - and more gets thrown away.
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