Anyone on sea life and plastic; recycling and so on?
India a few years ago I met a guy whose cow ingested plastic and an agonizing death. My point is it is possible that dolphins and other fishes may choose to beach themselves cause they may have ingested plastic!
Plastic carry bags of thinner gauge is banned in many states here. it's unsuitable for recycling, is burnt, releases toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. Or it goes into landfill.
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Malaysia: A month ago there was an article by Reuters saying Malaysia to send 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to countries of origin -
Malaysia last year became the worldβs main destination for plastic waste after China banned its import, disrupting the flow of more than 7 million tonnes of the trash a year. Dozens of recycling factories have cropped up in Malaysia, many without operating licenses, and communities have complained of environmental problems.
Philippine: returned / dumped plastic waste in Canadian waters (same report)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte last week ordered his government to hire a private shipping company to send 69 containers of garbage back to Canada and leave them within its territorial waters if it refuses to accept them.
Canada agreed to take the rubbish back but Duterte lost patience as arrangements were being made and ordered it out.
Basel Convention 180 countries agreed to make global trade in plastic waste more transparent and better regulated.
The United States, the worldβs top exporter of plastic waste, has not ratified the 30-year-old pact.
the last line is insane. Trump probably is not aware about this.
Edited by
jaish
on Tue 06/25/19 01:14 PM