Competitive. And now suddenly, maybe there have a, some kind of tiffany and wondering, say, wait, did we maybe spun him off because thats what their actions seem to be suggesting now. Otherwise, whats the problem with continuing to help the people with their 3 garden retirement projects in palestine or whatever . What are they for sure though, queen earth was unmitigated virtue signaling campaign in favor of israels demilitarized ocean and d. Her modification against palestine has already taken off, and if theres anything you that fires dont prove that we nurse will have fonder lines. Hypersonic, virtue, bombing, and senior p apartments. Areas are too happy for europe does not stand with this row. We stand for peace, you do not speak for us. If youve nothing constructive to say, and you clearly dont shut top sick in a and the Commission President criminally giving israel called launch for the spectacle of shocking violence. It will now on nice against desperate civilians caged and gaza dressed up as self defense, endorsing a mastercard um, forgivable february, not for years. So i have the same enthusiasm in the port of russia when it decided to email it for eyes. Indeed, not to buy its own borders on your own. Defense minister has now said that the quote is fighting human animals and we need to act 40. So the same kind of language used by eat off adler views when he also referred to them as, quote human barely assign a very rapid escalation and all this but really doesnt look like brussels is too interested in a veiling itself of an opportunity to play any kind of a mitigating or thoughtful, moderating role, but rather take its usual seat in writing stock onto the us on whatever the current thing happens to be at any given the photos over and die with a minute. At a time. Dive deeper into the toughest by a massive line. The rubbish of the Pacific Island must next and will be back to the top of the, the hello. Im manila chan. Youre tuned into modus operandi. There has been great fanfare made over the Green Movement out here in the west, especially in the way of trash and recycling. But are the numbers reported by the us and European Union . Really as good as a sound today will be talking trash, literally, as western states scramble to fulfill their green ambitions will impact all the garbage and find out whats really going on with all that rubbish. Talk coming from the politicians. All right, lets get into the m o the by now most of you watching this are familiar with the push to recycle. There are special been colors with special logos printed on them all over the western world. Public officials talk about net 0 or Carbon Neutral recycle. Reduce reuse. Because western landfills are packed to the gills, especially when it comes to plastics. But what theyre not telling you is that less than 10 percent of plastics that you drop into that blue bin are actually recyclable. And its not likely staying within your home country. Its been shipped off to a developing nation for them to sort out recycle if possible, and the rest. Well, thats also for that country to figure out. Meanwhile, western politicians can publicly boast about how good their policies are working. Yet in the west, germany, france, wherever around, hey, theyre delivering on promises that they made to their constituents. Right. And so here its a breakdown. The reality of this garbage is, my guess, worries angle rolling. Im my guess is a researcher at friends of the earth, malaysia, you can learn more about their work at s o, e dash malaysia dot org. My guess. Thank you so much for joining us. First, talk to us a little bit about the work that you and your group are doing in malaysia and why there was such urgency to address the so called waste trade. Okay, um im a Senior Research officer, meet the fence of the nation and also the consumers dispensation opening the members of the Global Alliance for inspect option and its and shot record of gaia and also basically from plastic. So in 2017, our organization to die, us project type spots to research on the effects of the street. We were tracking the most one of plastic means globally. So during that time, there was news about continuous of these left in the fonts emulation. And also a fun learning chinas notification to the Website Organization that happened in may 2017 and china had informed about the intention to enforce a band on the 24th types of bass, including plastic missing parts. So we anticipate the cascading problems. Kenisha, i know we had already questions from nation goldman at that time he tells you that melisha may become the next destination for this race. We did get a response from the department that was in charge. Seeing that it had formulated specific rules to control prospect with inc. Thoughts and they would also impose that stringent requirements. One thing is, is and also import licenses. However, what we find was the control measures and enforcement. Were pulling, not adequate based on risk dumping. And martial meaning of indigo reciting took place in many parts of melisha, especially near the c parts. Rather beast was coming to, you know, so this happened in 2018, not only in the nation, but also at the Southeast Asian countries, such as indonesia and payment communities. And so it was, looks like the organizations in those countries had spots of highlighting the at risk impacts of the risk dumping out on the health and also on the enlightenment. Him, um, some of this ways that could not be recycled with just dumped in the more it is in some of the but some of this were intentionally put into it to just, you know, because of so much of these they wanted to accommodate up and be blended, so besides the air pollution blending our sweet and now what the bodies were also polluted. So this was a really urgent issue to be addressed as we dont want our country to bend the brand of the street. I would say the line was, the not a dumping. Dont know. It seems that offshoring waste is a really big industry. Much of the rubbish is coming from western nations and being sent off to still developing nations. Many in the asia pacific rim. What sort of impact does this have on the local population like health consequences, perhaps other issues that most people in the west are not aware of. And i must say the Global Production and trade of rustic, nice going tremendous value. Would there be some debt gets rustic macys mostly treated under the banner of plastic disliking. But what were seeing is a beach and develop countries to actually have the capacity to manage its own waste. Shifting get us wants to be to developing and mostly under resourced countries. Is village and injustice you may call dismissed clemens. And so what happens in the disappearing countries . As i mentioned, much of the plastic is the single use and also need to know the cycling value already low respecting value. However, it is still the same for recycling operations, although not all of those products can be recycled. What we saw in ready be coming into our shows were mix prospects in contaminate to this. Now and this risk cannot be to psycho this according to the central beast this vessel. These are the ones that were being dumped openly in the what it is and then intentionally think a daily basis. But the toxic fumes costs, respiratory problems and other elements to the neighboring communities. Some suffered from breathing difficulties. S must king problems. And this may also lead to chronic in this, as you know, in the long run. For instance, uh, in sort of by a, indonesia, it was reported that communities were using plastic nice, uh, which had come in uh, what the, before we see him, the fuel, the stores for making the full, which is a, been that the doubts as well as a phone in its from uh, she can see the neighborhood. What were saying is the costs and burden to Public Health and the environment. Its why waste that avenue that put the p d from respecting and restrict uh, another issue that i would like to say is uh that is also what we call. She doesnt plastics. This come in the form of plastics in imports of paper bills, as i mentioned, what has happened instead of by a is also plastics and electronic and electrical products. Theres also affects always, most of all the text probably is actually a lot of fun things costing us. And so i think materials around the and fi amazed, and then that is also diffuse a july fuel this mixed the base which contains about 30 to 50 percent, approximately is another matter is we also need to consider the impacts of micro plastics. You know, this can be formed during the recycling process and it also and saw, you know, what, what the bodies and produce our, what the bodies. What we did was, when we were going up, you know, allow, is the munitions pop district coordination event on our own school areas that had become dumping drones increase in malaysia and, um, some of this with not being kit and some of the test, the Plastic Research this integrate that and we found a lot of uh, micro plastics. We call this uh, micro plastics from like the cds. So these are some of the issues that we have to understand. Yeah. Yeah. Micro plastics are a very toxic and pervasive problem its. Its also known to cause reduction of spawn accounts in human males, even animals, and, and longer term health problems. So in 2021, there was an ecological crisis that most people didnt hear about, because it happened in the throes of the cold. It pandemic, a container ship crashed along the coast of sri lanka, spilling nearly 2000 tons of plastic pellets and nearly 10000 tons of toxic chemicals into the ocean water. Now, i know this isnt directly a result of the rubbish transfer, but i thought it worth mentioning, especially since plastic pallets are, wouldnt get melted down to make other plastic goods like Water Bottles and so forth that people eventually discard into the waste trade. Can you tell us what happened with that spill . Okay, um that still happened in may 2021 all the time. Well she, the name is the express blue. It caught fire outside of class 3 lanka. So after the 1st wave of air pollution due to the fire, the 2nd movie for solutions in the beach us this once a set of last couple including billions of plastic allots which um, Microsoft Exchange had mentioned this now. And this i used to produce plastics. So this incident has been described as the most in the 3 months of history. Okay. Uh, what was on board of the ship, the 1486. 00 shipping containers. Of those, if you want to request a slight s dangerous goods, because they contain nitric acid in hosp folder. The others that will be pointed to contain a mixture of, uh, several funds of um, box it up to the same plastics owing and metals such as net income. So following the fire, the contents of the continuous prompted to dig into the enlightenment. Im at that time dislike to fishing before we get to launch it is along the course of us. We dont sell hundreds of big photos of a phone floating a show and funds and the funds of base feeding us fucking feeding the beaches. So according to the u. S. Environmental at this advisory admission in the ship k housing, 680 funds of plastic pallets. So they did a calculation approximately 0. 02 names for permit. And that includes with off me, if you really instead, lets just imagine that if im being, although they dont know exactly how much of the sentence the out, the sheer amount indicates that this is the largest feeling on the quote. Yeah. And the initial modeling suggested that the incentive not for you to, to the 4th line. So what if im able to reach indonesia, melisha and the rest who even to somebody a so although this message is not possible to remove all defendants from the enlightenment, and these are expected to have probably teaching fonts, defenses. And right me see that the prospect pollution its not understanding it, see what im doing and then transport. It is also becoming more common um in the nature of the chemicals and dips in the plastic means that. Busy spills will have a wide range of negative effects on the enlightenment and new subsequent people if you wouldnt have it so. So to learn more about this particular incident and to check up the publication by the international pollutants. And the munition network i pin and the center for environmental justice, 3 lanka, and coming up next, missing the mark. The majority of European Union states will miss their Plastic Recycling goals, find out what theyre doing about it. Next well discuss it when we return with mega, sorry, sign. A rolling on to type the m o will be right back. The the the, the welcome back to the m. O. Im the miller chance. 2024 is set to be a major Election Year here in the us, but also for many in the u. Many parliamentary seats are up for grabs. So politicians are scrambling to meet their promises made or at least appear to be making inroads, especially when it comes to going green to my this, why were you sound a rolling um is from friends of the earth, malaysia. She is back with us to discuss it. Thank you for staying with us. My guess. So over in the you a new report issued by the european commission. The summer indicates that 19 out of 2782. 00 states are at risk of missing their plastics. Recycling targets, their collective goal was to recycle 50 percent of their Plastic Waste and it doesnt appear that theyll get there by 2025. The you was under pressure ahead of elections next year. Its been documented that since the you set such a vicious climate and environmental goals for themselves, that they are unable to meet, that the new states surreptitiously present. How well theyre doing by simply offshoring. The waste to turkey, turkey has in fact become europes landfill, taking in some 40 percent of e u. Trash, according to bloomberg. What are your thoughts on that . Especially on how the politicians are misrepresenting how goods they are on environmental issues. Yes, um, uh, not only in the new houses in the u. S. Japan, most of the developed countries, they have a vigilant do separating the risk diabetes psychos. This many was not aware that the base was being transported overseas and was need to developing countries supports that needs to be recycled. Yeah, um, as you had mentioned in the annual has been going on with me and, and run them in to me by shipping the plastic. Reese, 2 countries such as the key, which is the what you see the country and that will issue them. And that they would want to came to consideration the ends of this working conditions and also the toxic leakage to nearby communities. We find that this is extremely and just uh, the english department, other countries, countries to bad, the responsibility of the race. You know, in the name of treat, especially sending out ways to make a economies that have less ability to manage. Importantly, is in addition to having our own non plastic, mis. Mm hm. Um, so effective risk management, a dispute is, shouldnt be based on the principles of proximity. You should take responsibility of your own based. So what we have been complaining is for you to take that sponsor the of the risk that they are generating. Whats happened in the october 2022. As i mentioned, we are also members of the big p from plastic movement. This movement and rethink prospect alliance strongly and will get it for the you to end the export of plastic these outside the European Union. You have to but oh, is that the countries such as the key and also law issue . The countries, for example, melisha, melisha, spot, mistreat coordination and other and use sense like this to the members that, you know, can finally been a and find the lead, the open parliament and vitamin committee. Uh, what the in favor of, of bang on your prospect miss exports. And also strongest safeguarding meshes for intra e, rustic mistreatment. Yeah. So he didnt you. And so they will also, she, you know, transporting the bass to a little, uh, from a country seem to be a either to be present as all of a sudden, uh, put his entering to reach us. Um and uh they had a what that showed that you acknowledged how plastic with exports the loopholes and um you know, when they can dispute exporting. So it goes up once you get a high level of plastic being produced and you know, and also being consumed. And now, so after the war, in january 2053, the parliament adopted its negotiating on the position for approximately are the governments on the new law to the wise you procedures and also control measures for risk treatments. So we hope that all the, you know, countries in nations in, in the sick and concentration of the, you know, the injustice that is happening in the developing countries and, and in, on, in this, in front of conditions. Should you know, pick con, consideration of all these issues and take this once we do have the own res. So when, who was talking to uh, what do you say about how do we present this means . What do we do or what do . How do we treat it . Then . I know they with me sick, upstream meshes by stuffing. Oh me thing. The production of plastics. For decades china was actually taking in nearly half of the worlds Plastic Waste. Suddenly in 2018, the chinese brought an abrupt end to this practice. Much of that waste was coming from the u roughly 55000000 tons of plastics cardboard paper and so forth. It all had nowhere to go. The chinese cited that the mountains of trash were to what they called impure for them to continue to recycle and said that now their rules for recycling were more stringent than that of the you. Now they are only accepting certain paper trash with a total ban on plastics. What do you make of this move by china . Yeah, via fraud china for thinking this stringent action china was forced to burn or betty that has to go reset from other countries that within the cycle. So this, that to mess this and let them into pollution and Public Health impacts in the host company. Just processing this important plastic nice. So china responded to calls for 3. Now its x by bending the partition of crossing this. Any focus on the collection and reflecting of plastic this, which were generated from se. Yeah. But however of the china and falls, its been nice spot that seeing how illegal treat in plastic nice head such down this listing, sprint, 18 and screaming, criminal groups. Ive also sought to exploit the message market disruption prompted by china as decisions have been lusting. This is whats 2 countries in the southeast asia, south asia, and its been, you know, they bought the bundle of this uh, moving criminal activity as a prospect miss. Cheap ones from europe and north america would d