UK plastic recycling 'dumped abroad by Dutch middlemen'

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/16/uk-plastic-recycling-dumped-abroad-netherlands/

Author: Emma Gatten

Plastic waste sent for recycling in the UK is being dumped and burned after being shipped to other countries by Dutch middlemen, green charities fear. The Government intends to ban plastic waste exports to poorer countries outside of the OECD, but more than 80 green groups have written to Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, warning that only a total ban will be enough to stop this.