Massive e-Waste Seizure in Malaysia Follows Tip-Off from Global Waste Watchdog Group
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Source: https://conta.cc/3VFGIBV
After receiving detailed alerts by the Seattle-based Basel Action Network (BAN), a global watchdog group working to prevent the dumping of toxic wastes by rich industrialized countries on developing countries, the Malaysian government announced yesterday that they detained 301 of the 453 intermodal containers BAN had identified in their alerts. Of these, 106 were found to contain illegal electronic waste (e-waste).