Malaysia: the tricks of the waste industry
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An old telephone and electronic waste.
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By: Gabrielle Maréchaux Follow
21 min
It is a scourge known to the whole world for two years now, but which is not about to stop.
The illegal importation of often toxic plastic waste continues to pollute Malaysian air and soil, damaging the health of its inhabitants.
But while Interpol noted, in 2020, a sharp increase in crime linked to plastic waste, outlawed industrialists continue to take advantage of the inability to properly recycle a large part of plastic waste, and have just, over the years , learned to be more discreet.
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"Malaysia: the tricks of the waste industry", a large report by Gabrielle Maréchaux.
Activist Ng Kean Heong with Quebecois packaging.
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