Malaysia joins governments in Asia which are pushing back against unwanted rubbish from overseas
A container filled with plastic waste from Australia is seen on May 28 2019 before shipping back to the country of origin in Port Klang, west of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Picture: AFP/ MOHD RASFAN
The containers, which arrived at Penang Port between March 2018 and March 2019, were classified as illegal because they failed to comply with the necessary paperwork, according to a joint statement by Malaysia’s ministry of energy, science, technology, environment and climate change and the British high commission in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
The agreement to repatriate the containers came after the UK’s environmental agency visited Malaysia in response to news of illegal plastic trash in the country, according to the statement.
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