My Country Is Not A Dumping Ground For Your Garbag..

“According to the Basel Convention, exporting countries must get prior informed consent from importing countries to send their domestic waste. Malaysia did not consent to receive the massive piles of plastic I’ve seen,” said Yeo Bee Yin（杨美盈）, Kementerian Tenaga, Sains, Teknologi, Alam Sekitar dan Perubahan Iklim (MESTECC) in her Newsweek opinion piece.

https://www.newsweek.com/my-country-not-dumping-ground-your-garbage-opinion-1447709



Thousands of tons of plastic “recycling” have been sent to Malaysia from the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Europe, Japan and elsewhere. It’s time these nations stepped up to help deal with their own

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/my-country-not-dumping-ground-your-..

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