Author: Cory Weinberg
More than 70 environmental organizations from around the world signed a declaration issued Thursday calling on Latin America to reject cross-border trade in plastic waste and demand from the United States, the main exporter of thousands of tons. was done. Manage your waste in your area using non-biodegradable materials.
Read MoreGreenpeace, Basel Action Network (BAN), Zero Waste Europe and other organizations are calling for illegally exported waste to be returned to Germany.
Read MoreAuthor: Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir
Tonnes of Icelandic plastic exported to be recycled in 2016 are still sitting in a warehouse in Sweden, Stundin reports. The Icelandic Recycling Fund will demand that Swedish recycling company Swerec upholds its commitments regarding Icelandic plastic sent to be recycled, Vísir reports.
Read MoreAuthor: Luke Duggleby
Throughout September, hundreds of garbage collectors from Thailand’s Saleng and Recycle Trader Association (SRTA) gathered in Bangkok to protest outside government offices against the continued import of foreign waste.
Read MoreAuthor: EUWID Recycling
German waste plastics prices increased across the board in November amid decent demand. Market participants often reported double digit mark-ups in the per tonne prices for regrind and recycled pellet. They attributed the increases to higher freight and energy costs and the scarcity of primary plastics.
Read MoreAuthor: Mark Smulian
The Environment Agency (EA) has blamed an "unforeseen technical issue" for errors that greatly exaggerated the number of inspections carried out on waste containers for export.
Read MorePlastic waste from Germany has been held up in the Greek port of Piraeus. According to the environmental NGO Basel Action Network (BAN), the waste, originally exported to Turkey, had been destined for Vietnam before being intercepted. Citing the Greek office of the shipping company Cosco, BAN said the loading of the 37 containers had been stopped at the request of Greek customs authorities.
Read MoreWaste shipment authorities and COSCO shipping lines responded swiftly to a letter sent to them in the Greek port of Piraeus, early this morning by the Basel Action Network (BAN) as part of a coalition effort to prevent European wastes from being exported.
Read MoreWaste shipment authorities and COSCO shipping lines responded swiftly to a letter sent to them in the Greek port of Piraeus, early this morning by the Basel Action Network (BAN) as part of a coalition effort to prevent European wastes from being exported.
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In its proposal for a new regulation on waste shipments published last week, the European Commission surprised many observers by rejecting their earlier romance with the Hong Kong Convention and return to the Basel Convention's affirmation that the Global South should not become the world's dumping ground for hazardous wastes, even when those wastes are ships.
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