Malaysia has sent back over 200 containers of illegal plastic trash
Workers in front of containers filled with plastic waste at a port in Selangor, Malaysia, in May 2019. Photo: Samsul Said/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Malaysia has sent 267 containers of illegal plastic waste back to the countries where they came from them since 2019 and the country in the process of returning another 81, according to Reuters.
Why it matters: Malaysia became the main importer of recyclable plastic after China banned imports of plastic waste in 2018. Malaysia has grappled with how to manage a growing amount of unlicensed shipments of unrecyclable trash.
What they re saying: Malaysia s Environment Minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man promised in a statement Tuesday that companies that broke the country s environment and import laws would face “strict action, according to Reuters.
The Straits Times
Malaysia returns over 260 containers of illicit plastic waste
Plastic waste piled outside an illegal recycling factory in Jenjarom, Selangor, in 2018. Malaysia became the destination of choice for the world s plastic waste after China banned such imports in 2018 and it is now struggling with a deluge of generally unlicensed, unrecyclable garbage.PHOTO: REUTERS
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