Malaysia Ships Back Plastic Waste

Professor Dr Agamuthu Pariatamby, Faculty of Science, UM

29-May-19 17:00

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Minister of MESTECC, Yeo Bee Yin, has announced that 450 metric tonnes of plastic waste will be shipped back to source countries. We talk about the repercussions of this, and how the illegal plastic recycling industry came to be in the first place.

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Categories: Environment, Science, Politics, Social Issues

Tags: Evening Edition, plastic waste, MESTECC, plastic recycling industry,

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