BUTTERWORTH (AFP): Malaysia has sent back 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to mostly wealthier nations, saying it would not be the world’s “garbage dump”.
South-East Asia has been flooded with plastic from more developed economies such as the United States and United Kingdom since 2018, after China – which previously boasted a massive recycling industry – ordered a halt to most such imports.
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