Canada promised to stop exporting unwanted plastic waste, but it’s still piling up

Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-promised-to-stop-exporting-unwanted-plastic-waste-but-its-still/

Author: Mia Rabson

On the northern fringe of Myanmar’s largest city is a township of nearly 300,000 people with a growing industrial base in textiles, consumer goods and food products. But north of Yangon in Shwepyithar, whose name in English means “golden and pleasant,” nothing is growing faster than garbage. And a lot of it isn’t even theirs.