Author: EcoTimes

Due to the sheer size of its population and the advanced state of its development, the EU is a major producer of waste, particularly plastics and metals. Despite commanding a reputation as one of the most environmentally-friendly and forward-thinking forces in the world, the bloc still exports a significant proportion of its waste abroad for recycling, often to countries which do not have the resources, infrastructure, or enforcement systems in place to handle it appropriately.

Author: Louis Gore-Langton

Recycling companies throughout Turkey are intentionally burning down their facilities as a means of cheaply destroying hazardous packaging waste, according to Microplastic Research Group (MRG), a team of scientists who study pollution and waste crime in the country.

Author: Tagesschau

It has been common practice for years: Germany exports its plastic waste to other countries. However, the waste is often not disposed of properly there. Environment Minister Lemke therefore wants to enforce an extensive rubbish export ban.

Author: Amy Buxton

Behind promises of net-zero emissions by 2050, the U.K. and some of its European brethren are working tirelessly. Not to reach targets more quickly, but to slippery shoulder the responsibility of proper waste management. Poorer, less regulated countries are being targeted in mass export drives in what is being referred to as ‘waste colonialism’.

Author: il Fatto Quotidiano

The 212 containers loaded with domestic waste illegally trafficked from Italy to Tunisia will be returned home. This was announced, about a year and a half after the discovery of the cargo in the port of Sousse , where they are still under seizure, was the Tunisian Foreign Minister, Othman Jerandi, in a statement reported by various local media on the sidelines of a press conference on the occasion of the end of the North African country's mandate as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

Author: George Mondiot

It’s a tragic story, with a happy ending. Until I was seven, I had a goldfish called Algernon. He wasn’t the most exciting pet, but I was quite upset when I found him floating one morning on the surface of his little tank. This, or so I thought, was the end of a short and uneventful existence.

Author: Nina Muslin

Using her bare hands, environmental researcher Wong Pui Yi scrabbled through the dusty and dirty bales of plastic trash abandoned in a shoplot at the Pulau Indah Industrial Area. A mix of plastic and paper, some of the waste still had product labels on them, including one with food instructions written in Dutch and an address in South Africa. Filling out the space from top to bottom, this bunch of rubbish is one of several in the area.

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.

Author: 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.

Author: 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.

Author: 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.