'Loophole' will let UK continue to ship plastic waste to poorer countries
'Loophole' will let UK continue to ship plastic waste to poorer countries Karen McVeigh © Getty The majority of British plastic waste is exported to countries including Indonesia. The UK has been accused of failing to honour its promise to curb shipments of plastic waste to developing countries, after it emerged Britain’s new post-Brexit regulations are less stringent than those imposed by the EU. From 1 January, shipments of unsorted plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD countries were banned. But Britain will continue to allow plastic waste to be exported to developing ...
Source: msn.com