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Australian recyclers have been been caught shipping to Malaysia, where the receiver is not a recylcer and illegally received the trash and just dumped it there.
by pedalpete 7y ago
Australian recyclers have been been caught shipping to Malaysia, where the receiver is not a recylcer and illegally received the trash and just dumped it there.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-29/malaysia-to-send-tonnes-of-plastic-waste-back-to-foreign-nations/11159208 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-29/malaysia-to-send-tonn...
Yes, it has happened and is happening.
- ars 7y agoYou clearly didn't read your own article. It confirms what I said. Illegal recyclers in Malaysia bought recycling from the UK. But the government wasn't happy about it and forced it to go back. It's exactly like I said: It's not the UK paying to ship garbage, it's people in Malaysia buying low quality recycling.