Where America Recyles

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A worker breaks a valuable copper winding from an imported electric motor at a factory two hours south of Shanghai. The remainder of the motor will also be broken up, and sorted into its constituent metals, before being shipped to local re-melters. The copper, as well as the other metals, will find its way into new electrical products for the domestic and export market.

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Adam Minter is an American writer in Shanghai.

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