A lot of money involved the Global Market for Waste Recycling is worth 300000000000. 00 thats according to consultants from frost and sullivan Plastics Recycling alone is estimated to account for 37600000000. 00 in 2018 between 1950 to 2078 point 3000000000 metric tons of plastic has been produced so lets put that in context thats a quibble and 25000. 00 empire state buildings or thats enough to cover the entire country of argentina were still 3 quarters of all plastic produces now and landfills or in the ocean only 9 percent gets recycled and 12 percent isnt center rated. Over 25 years china imported 106000000. 00 metric tons or 45 percent of all Plastic Waste and china will only buy Plastic Waste that is 99. 9 percent pure in other words recyclable exporters mostly from rich nations scramble to find new markets such was the scale of chinas imports countries like malaysia indonesia thailand and vietnam were soon swapped and unable to cope it took the philippines 6 years to send 60 con
Georgia. Grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump over election interference. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im vicki liviakis. Within just the last few minutes we have learned former President Trump is indicted on charges of racketeering of violating oath of office and other documents were presented about 09 00pm east earn time by the county to to the the county courts. Clark, to the Fulton County judge now for months now, that judge has been presiding over the investigation. It was a long day of testimony from witnesses for the grand jury today. All is all part of their investigation. There was also a brief appearance on the county website of a list of criminal charges against the former president. That information was actually taken down as quickly as it appeared with the spokesperson calling the list of charges inaccurate. We are expected to learn more in the coming up hours in the coming moments actually. And well be bringing you any updates as we other news tonight,
Rather by abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal recut enterprise to overturn georgias president ial election result. We continue to follow that breaking news out of georgia tonight where the Fulton County prosecutor has indicted former President Trump and 18 of his allies are trying to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump now facing 4 criminal cases as he vies to unseat President Biden come november. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 10. Im ken wayne. I should say next november, a georgia District Attorney spoke out about 30 minutes ago laying out the contents of a 97 page indictment that was handed over by a grand jury earlier today. Our grant lodes joins us now in the studio with a closer look. Grant. Thats right. Ken trump was indicted on 13 charges tonight, including. Racketeering, soliciting a public officer to violate oath and a number of conspiracy charges as well as making false statements. So judge signin
Suspicious death after a womans body was found Golden Gate Park as the outside lands Music Festival wrapped up. And a San Francisco supervisor is considering legal action after Driverless Cars stalled backing up. Traffic will have that and more coming up. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Well, good tuesday morning. Thank you for waking with us bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news. Todays august 15th. Im reyna harvey. All right. We started off the week on a warm note. 100 today, john. Its going to be just as hot as it was yesterday. Good morning. Good morning, reyna. We are going to see a couple spots that are Still Holding on to the same heat as yesterday. Some of us one to 2 degrees cooler honestly today. Tomorrow, even thursday are going to continue to be some pretty ones ahead of us before we eventually see a weekend cooldown. This morning, your view from mount tam looking down at the bay, you can see the lights of the city. Theyre
Clear side right now. Your view outside at the bay bridge, at least you have decent visibility making your crossing. But we are definitely looking at some misty spots out there and some lower visibility from the north bay down the coastline on the peninsula, even into some of the east bay hills. So watch for those spots of missed wet spots, low visibility. The deal that you see on those cloudy or greater mornings for sure, at least temperatures are nice and comfortable 50s 60s light jacket stuff. Just as weve seen the past few mornings and this afternoon, were also going to repeat a few factors that is clearing skies and a really comfortable feel for a bayshore cities in the 70s warm but not as hot as youre about to get for inland areas. Im talking this warm up as we go rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Lets get you moving on a thursday morning. Meteor lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. So leveled minutes. So were still pretty light. San mateo bridge. Were already sta