Woman laborers sort through polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in a recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 12, 2020. Recycling plasti

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Woman laborers sort through polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in a recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 12, 2020. Recycling plastic bottles has become a growing business over the last couple of years as well as helping to protect the environment. According to the Bangladesh PET Flakes Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPFMEA), Bangladesh exports on an average nearly 30,000 tons of PET bottle flakes mainly to China, South Korea and Taiwan worth $14 million dollars per year.

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