recycling in China saves carbon emissions -no; really!

You do need to read all of this Waste Resources Action Programme reveals recycling in China saves carbon emissions | Environment | guardian.co.uk The eyecatching bit is this:

the counterintuitive conclusions of the report from the Waste Resources Action Programme (Wrap) suggest that the advantage of recycling over landfilling is so great that it makes environmental sense to ship waste right round the world if it can be used again.

And the article outlines how come. But, as always, there's more to it and the rider should be borne in mind.

However, the report does not consider the environmental or social advantages of establishing a significant UK manufacturing industry to produce goods from the recycled waste and the authors stressed that it does not show that exporting waste was desirable.