On Tuesday, the Malaysian government also announced it would return thousands of tons of imported plastic waste back to the U.S., Canada and Japan. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWDeveloped countries often send recyclables overseas, where other countries make a business out of reusing them or breaking them down. Read more: Shipping containers of Canadian garbage will depart Philippines for Vancouver later today Here’s what you need to know about the growing controversy. How did Canadian garbage end up in the Philippines and Malaysia? The federal government has issued no permits for Canadian companies to ship trash overseas since regulations changed three years ago but Canadian garbage is still showing up unwanted in Asian nations.

Source: thestar May 30, 2019 23:15 UTC