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Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Stories of plastic waste dumping in the guise of recycling, pollution, abuse and injustice.
Plastic waste is used as fuel in tofu factories.
Following in China’s Footsteps
Most Recent Cases of Re-exportation to Country of Origin
• Indonesia late last year re-exported 300 containers to Australia, US, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Slovenia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Hong Kong, France and Britain.
• Philippines sends back 50 containers of mixed waste back to South Korea with a second batch to be re-exported on Feb. 9, 2020
• Malaysia sent back/sending back 150 containers to 13 countries:• 43 to France• 42 to the UK• 17 to the US• 11 to Canada
Waste intended to be repatriated back to the US from Indonesia
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• Open dumping and burning
• Incineration• Thermal
waste-to-energy
• Cement kilns
Plastic Waste Trade
• Pollution• Health Risks• Negative
Impacts on Community Livelihood
• Negative Impacts on Local Food production
Environmental Injustice