The United States were hugely dependent on China to get rid of their waste. As China closed its borders and some other developing countries did the same, the American trash followed the path of least resistance, being constantly redirected to countries that allow or cannot avoid American trash from being imported. America produces 34.5 million tons of plastic waste each year. Each month approximately 260 tons of US plastic scrap makes it to Sihanoukville. Experts estimate that 70% of important trash cannot be recycled.