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Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Stories of plastic waste dumping in the guise of recycling, pollution, abuse and injustice.
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Plastic waste is used as fuel in tofu factories.
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Following in China’s Footsteps
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Most Recent Cases of Re-exportation to Country of Origin
• Indonesia late last year re-exported 300 containers to Australia, US, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Slovenia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Hong Kong, France and Britain.
• Philippines sends back 50 containers of mixed waste back to South Korea with a second batch to be re-exported on Feb. 9, 2020
• Malaysia sent back/sending back 150 containers to 13 countries:• 43 to France• 42 to the UK• 17 to the US• 11 to Canada
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Waste intended to be repatriated back to the US from Indonesia
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• Open dumping and burning
• Incineration• Thermal
waste-to-energy
• Cement kilns
Plastic Waste Trade
• Pollution• Health Risks• Negative
Impacts on Community Livelihood
• Negative Impacts on Local Food production
Environmental Injustice