A proposal by India to prevent developed countries from dumping their electronic and plastic waste onto developing countries, was defeated at the recently concluded meeting of the Basel Convention in Geneva. India, too, grapples with the problem of having piles of electronic and plastic waste that aren’t recycled or treated. However Indian officials say the text of the agreement, in the current form, still allows countries to export various categories of plastic waste. India’s laws currently don’t allow electronic and plastic waste to be imported into the country. Plastic and electronic waste recyclers in Special Economic Zones were permitted to import waste for recycling.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2019 16:52 UTC