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January 4, 2012
Where American Christmas tree lights go to die. And be recycled.
Shijiao, a small town in Guangdong Province that, by estimation, qualifies as the Christmas Tree Light Recycling Capitol of the World. On an annual basis the town's recyclers import, and recycle, at last 20 million pounds of the lights. -- Shanghai Scrap China:Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 4, 2012 3:50 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.