Indonesia sends rubbish back to Australia and says it's too contaminated to recycle

09.07.2019

Indonesian officials say containers of paper contaminated by electronic waste, used cans and plastic bottlesIndonesia says it will immediately send eight containers of household rubbish back to Australia after inspectors declared the material too contaminated to be recycled.It is the latest in a series of announcements by south-east Asian nations that they will not be dumping grounds for overseas waste. Continue reading...

Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/09/indonesia-sends-rubbish-back-to-australia-and-says-its-too-contaminated-to-recycle

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