Treated like trash: south-east Asia vows to return mountains of rubbish from west

Region begins push back against deluge of plastic and electronic waste from UK, US and AustraliaFor the past year, the waste of the world has been gathering on the shores of south-east Asia. Crates of unwanted rubbish from the west have accumulated in the ports of the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam while vast toxic wastelands of plastics imported from Europe and the US have built up across Malaysia.But not for much longer it seems. A pushback is beginning, as nations across south-east Asia vow to send the garbage back to where it came from. Continue reading...