Malaysia sent 4,120 tons of plastic trash back to 13 rich countries, saying it refuses to be the 'rubbish dump of the world'

Business Insider
Business Insider

2020-01-21 11:00
Malaysia says it returned 4,120 tons of plastic trash to 13 affluent nations in late 2019. Forty-three containers full of trash were returned to France, 42 to the UK, 17 to the US, and 11 to Canada. "If people want to see us as the rubbish dump of the world, …
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