KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will return a container of plastic trash en route from the United States as it violates new U.N. rules governing hazardous waste, the environment ministry said on Wednesday, one of the first signs of the regulations being enforced.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will impound a container from Los Angeles in the United States, suspected of carrying commercial plastic waste when it arrives at Port Klang on Monday (March 22).

IPOH: Malaysia will only allow a container from Los Angeles, suspected of carrying commercial plastic waste to return to the United States after documentation checks have been conducted, under the Basel Convention.

2021 started with uncertainty in the trading of plastic waste worldwide because many countries did not adopt the new Basel Convention rules when they came into force on 1 January. There was an absence of information from importing nations about how localized legislation was being updated. They appeared to be unable to respond to the queries sent by countries looking to export plastics scrap about how to secure consent to trade between their two countries.

Germany exports around one million tons of plastic waste worth around 254 million euros every year. This is more than any other country in the EU.

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Experts at a seminar on Thursday urged the government for taking initiatives to reduce plastic waste to save the environment and ensure public health safety.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will be detaining a container from Los Angeles, suspected to be carrying commercial plastic waste when it arrives in Port Klang on Monday (March 22).

The government needs to immediately ratify the ‘Basel Ban Amendment’ to stop illegal plastic waste trade in the country, said experts on Thursday.

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IPOH: Neighbouring states should consider building joint water treatment plants (LRA) in the main river basins between them to save in the cost of construction and help treat raw water for people of both states, says environment and water minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

The majority of the world is working together to reverse the massive plastic pollution problem. But, the world's leading producer of plastic waste, the U.S., hasn't signed on and isn't following the rules.

Environment experts have called on the government to protect the country from the hazards of mounting plastic waste on an urgent basis and take measures to ratify the Basel Ban Amendment and incorporate it into national law.

Around 1.2 million tonnes of plastic waste were shipped to Bangladesh in the last three years from developed countries like the USA and the UK

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 16, 2021 (SKNIS): On March 15, St. Kitts and Nevis joined the rest of the world in observing World Consumer Rights Day, under the theme: “Tackling Plastic Pollution”.

Plastics make up 19 per cent of all landfill waste and eight of ten items collected on beaches in TT. On World Consumer Rights Day, celebrated on Monday, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon reminded consumers to be responsible for making purchases that contribute to plastic waste.

Environmental groups say a bill aiming to ban Canadian plastic waste from being sent abroad to poor countries is missing the wording needed to properly tackle the issue.

Data shows that American exporters continue to ship plastic waste overseas, often to poorer countries, even though most of the world has agreed to not accept it.

California lawmakers intend for this package of bills to be a "coordinated, multi-faceted approach” to addressing climate change and achieving the state’s goal of recycling, composting or reducing solid waste by 75%, they said in a news release announcing the package — a goal the state had hoped to, but did not, meet in 2020.

Canada had to sign a controversial agreement with the United States before it could ratify new amendments to a global treaty meant to limit exports of plastic waste to developing countries, federal officials say.