Waste Colonialism Should Be The Shame Of The Privileged West, Not Its Best Kept Secret
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Source: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/waste-colonialism-plastic-recycling-exports/
Author: Amy Buxton
Behind promises of net-zero emissions by 2050, the U.K. and some of its European brethren are working tirelessly. Not to reach targets more quickly, but to slippery shoulder the responsibility of proper waste management. Poorer, less regulated countries are being targeted in mass export drives in what is being referred to as ‘waste colonialism’.