Waste industry joins call for global ban on plastic exports

Source: https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/03/waste-industry-joins-call-for-global-ban-on-plastic-exports/

Author: Conor McGlone

Waste industry leaders have joined with environmental campaigners to call for a ban on the export of plastic waste that goes further than the government’s current proposals. Representatives from the UK waste industry this week told a cross-party group of MPs that any ban should be global – and not just cover non-OECD countries as proposed by Defra.