U.S Dumps its Plastic Crap on Poorest Countries by clumsysilverdad

plastics · @clumsysilverdad · Jun 18 '19

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U.S Dumps its Plastic Crap on Poorest Countries

Last year, the equivalent of 68,000 shipping containers of American plastic recycling were exported from the US to developing countries that mismanage more than 70% of their own plastic waste.

The newest hotspots for handling US plastic recycling are some of the world’s poorest countries, including Bangladesh, Laos, Ethiopia and Senegal, offering cheap labor and limited environmental regulation.

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Reflecting grave concerns around plastic waste, last month, 187 countries signed a treaty giving nations the power to block the import of contaminated or hard-to-recycle plastic trash. 

A few countries did not sign. One was the US.
People think they’re saving the world. But the international recycling business sees it as a way of making money. There have been no global regulations – just a long, dirty market that allows some companies to take advantage of a world without rules.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/17/recycled-plastic-america-global-crisis

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@adenijiadeshina · Jun 18 '19

$0.12

Everybody want to make money I guess. Actually i don't really know much about this international recycling business of a thing

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@partiko · Jun 18 '19

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@hgn66 · Jun 18 '19

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You know, when you don't believe in climate change and global warming, why should you sign that? It's all about money. People are concerned about plastic  and trying to recycle them meanwhile there is a mass production of plastic everywhere... This sounds like a joke...
Thanks for sharing...
(By the way, I just published my next post, I'll appreciate it if you spend some time on reading it)

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