Green groups call for waste import ban
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Environmental groups yesterday called for Southeast Asian countries to ban waste imports from developed countries to help tackle a pollution crisis.
Southeast Asia has seen a staggering spike in imports of plastic and electronic waste from developed countries after China banned imports, causing millions of tons of the trash to be diverted to less regulated countries.
Tomorrow Thailand will host four days of meetings for leaders of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations to discuss the region鈥檚 most pressing issues.
鈥淕reenpeace Southeast Asia demands that ASEAN leaders put this issue on the agenda during their summits this year and make a united declaration to address the region鈥檚 plastic waste crisis,鈥 the group said.
鈥淒eclare an immediate ban on all imports of plastic waste,鈥 Greenpeace said.
It was in the interests of ASEAN to ban waste trading, said a Thai environmental group.
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