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At least if richer nations take their trash back home, there is a lower chance it will end up thrown in a river or dumped in a forest without serious government
by siruncledrew 7y ago
At least if richer nations take their trash back home, there is a lower chance it will end up thrown in a river or dumped in a forest without serious government and/or watchdog intervention.
It's also naïvely irresponsible of richer nations to export trash and recycling to multiple countries in the bottom 55% of the Corruption Index (that are also known to mismanage waste) and then act all surprised when facts emerge that waste is not being processed properly. Like, no shit an awful CEO or crime boss in a corrupt country is going to care only about the money ($, €, £) and not about where the waste is dumped. And the local authorities look the other way while they are paid off.