Wednesday, 12 February 2020

From Milano to Malaysia?

Greenpeace have accused Italy of moving masses of plastic waste to 'illegal' factories in Malaysia where the material is either burned or buried in landfill (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/italy-told-to-stop-using-malaysia-as-plastics-dumping-ground-greenpeace-landfill). They have suggested that this practise (probably also involving other countries) is simply dumping their environmental responsibilities in an era when selling plastic waste for recycling has become more difficult.
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