An investigation shows how Amazon plastic shipping envelopes, discarded for recycling by US and Canadian consumers, end up being burned in Muzaffarnagar, India (K Oanh Ha/Bloomberg)

An investigation shows how Amazon plastic shipping envelopes, discarded for recycling by US and Canadian consumers, end up being burned in Muzaffarnagar, India (K Oanh Ha/Bloomberg)

K Oanh Ha / Bloomberg:
An investigation shows how Amazon plastic shipping envelopes, discarded for recycling by US and Canadian consumers, end up being burned in Muzaffarnagar, India  —  Muzaffarnagar, a city about 80 miles north of New Delhi, is famous in India for two things: colonial-era freedom fighters …