This was in the news back in 2018, and at the time I think local councils were instead sending plastics to landfill. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/malaysia

This was in the news back in 2018, and at the time I think local councils were instead sending plastics to landfill. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/malaysia-bans-waste-imports-as-australia-battles-recycling-crisis-20181019-p50atm.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/malaysia-bans-waste-import... I’m not sure how the situation has changed since. More here: http://environment.gov.au/protection/waste/how-we-manage-waste/national-waste-policy http://environment.gov.au/protection/waste/how-we-manage-was...