Petition for New Zealand to ban plastic waste exports to developing countries; slated as ‘waste colonialism’

Source: https://bit.ly/3MVM7QP

Author: Michael Neilson

Government officials have admitted they have no idea what has happened to the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic waste shipped overseas to developing countries in recent years, including whether it actually gets recycled or ends up polluting the environment. The Herald can reveal since 2014, New Zealand sent over 300,000 tonnes of plastic waste overseas - mostly to developing countries with low or even non-existent environmental regulations around handling such waste.