Its environment minister says thousands of tonnes will be sent to multiple countries.
Workers open a container full of non-recyclable plastic detained by authorities at the west port in Klang, Malaysia on May 28, 2019. PORT KLANG, Malaysia — Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said Tuesday.
Yeo said 60 containers stacked with contaminated waste were smuggled in en route to illegal processing facilities in Malaysia and will be sent back to their countries of origin.Malaysia's Environment Minister Yeo Bee YinTen of the containers are due to be shipped back within two weeks, she said, as she showed reporters contents of the waste at a port outside Kuala Lumpur.
“This is probably just the tip of the iceberg to the banning of plastic waste by China,” Yeo told a news conference. “Malaysia will not be a dumping ground to the world ... we will fight back. Even though we are a small country, we can’t be bullied by developed countries.”The government has clamped down on dozens of illegal plastic recycling facilities that had mushroomed across the country, shuttering more than 150 plants since last July.
The Philippines, however, rejected Canada’s plan. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said the government will proceed with a plan to look for a private shipping company to rapidly transport the garbage to Canadian territory.
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