The members of the Senate Climate Change standing committee were told that the UK, Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabia were sending huge quantities of solid waste to Pakistan, including hazardous waste and e-waste. Advances in technology have meant that more solid waste is generated than ever before and by advanced countries. (As do oil exporting Third World countries.) Pakistan seems to be only at an initial phase while other Third World countries have been through the experience. The waste should be handled by the society that generated it, not merely dump the problem somewhere else.
