KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia has allowed entry of a container of plastic waste shipped from the United States reported Reuters, reversing previous opposition after finding it held only clean, recyclable material and did not violate a new United Nations treaty banning trade in contaminated plastics.
Signatories to the Basel Convention, which came into force on Jan 1, may only trade plastic waste if it is clean, sorted and easy to recycle – unless the importing country has granted an exemption.
