MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will finally complete the reshipping of the 6,500 metric tons of garbage that arrived in the country from South Korea almost two years ago. In January last year, the BOC sent back 51 container vans of waste to South Korea. Simon said a commercial vessel, M/V Vivaldi, departed Cagayan yesterday, carrying 50 container vans of garbage back to South Korea. The first batch of the shipments consisted of 5,000 metric tons of garbage that arrived at the Villanueva Port in Misamis Oriental in July 2018. The second batch, containing 1,500 metric tons, arrived at the Mindanao International Container Terminal, a sub-port of the BOC-Cagayan district.

Source: Philippine Star February 16, 2020 16:00 UTC