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"At the beginning of last year, 187 countries took steps to limit the export of
plastic trash from wealthy to developing countries. It’s not working as well as
they hoped.
According to an analysis of global trade data by the nonprofit Basel Action
Network, or BAN, violations of a U.N. agreement regulating the international
plastic waste trade have been “rampant” over the past year. Since January 1,
2021, when new new rules were supposed to begin clamping down on countries that
ship their plastic refuse abroad, the U.S., Canada, and the European Union have
offloaded hundreds of millions of tons of plastic to other countries, where
much of it may be landfilled, burned, or littered into the environment.
“Toxic pollution and its burden on communities and ecosystems in importing
countries continues as a direct result of these multiple violations,” BAN wrote
in its analysis."
Via Whuffo and Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
