Malaysia to send back some 3,300 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia to avoid becoming dumping ground for rich nations, environment minister says.
Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said Tuesday.
Yeo said 60 containers stacked with contaminated waste were smuggled in en route to illegal processing facilities in Malaysia and will be sent back to their countries of origin. In one case alone, Yeo said a U.K. recycling company exported more than 50,000 metric tons of plastic waste in about 1,000 containers to Malaysia over the past two years.
Yeo said China's plastic waste ban had"opened up the eyes of the world to see that we have a huge garbage and recycling problem." The Philippines, however, rejected Canada's plan. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said the government will proceed with a plan to look for a private shipping company to rapidly transport the garbage to Canadian territory.
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