Malaysia says won't be 'garbage dump' as it returns wasteBUTTERWORTH, Malaysia — Malaysia has sent back 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to mostly wealthier nations, with the Southeast Asian country saying Monday it would not be the world's "garbage dump". Authorities "will take the necessary steps to ensure that Malaysia does not become the garbage dump of the world", she added. "People dump their rubbish into your country, we are not supposed to pay them to send it back." Several Southeast Asian countries have sent back unwanted waste in recent months. Indonesia has returned hundreds of containers to their countries of origin and the Philippines returned a huge shipment of garbage to Canada.

Source: Philippine Star January 20, 2020 05:37 UTC