Environmental health and justice groups on Thursday urged President Duterte to rush the ratification of the Basel Convention Ban Amendment that seeks to protect the Philippines from the dumping of hazardous waste by richer nations. Adopted by the parties to the Basel Convention in 1995 and which finally entered into…
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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and the EcoWaste Coalition jointly called for a robust ASEAN-level policy that will protect the region’s 655-million human population and its “rich but threatened biodiversity and ecosystems” from the adverse impacts of global waste dumping.
The groups’ plea for a regional stance to prevent foreign waste dumping came on the heels of the Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards (AEEA), where recipients from Malaysia and the Philippines were recognized for their work in combating transboundary environmental crime. This resulted in the re-exportation of unlawful plastic waste imports to their countries of origin.
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