Nearly All The World's Countries Sign Deal To Stem..

Great news! Environment ministers at the Geneva #BaselConvention agree to set control measures on plastic waste. Wealthy countries have used developing nations like Malaysia as a dumping ground for plastic waste for too long. It’s time for regulation and behaviour change to stop spreading plastic pollution worldwide.



Since China stopped accepting recycling from the US, activists say they have observed plastic waste piling up in developing countries. The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (Gaia), a backer of the deal, says it found villages in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia that had “turned into dumpsites over the course of a year”.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/10/nearly-a..

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