CHINA SETTING STIFF RECYCLING RULES

   Tougher standards set by China for waste paper could mean a $1-million hit to Edmonton’s recycling effort as the city scrambles to tighten its sorting process, city officials say.
They’ve hired extra staff and slowed conveyor belts on the sorting lines, doing everything possible to get coffee cups, plastic knifes and cardboard out of the paper bundle.
Last year, the facility made $6 million by selling the recyclable product. It cost $8 million to operate.