Enforce ban on plastic exports or it could backfire
Found on Nature on Tuesday, 02 March 2021
The UN hopes the bans will encourage sustainable disposal, persuade businesses and communities to use more recycled plastic and help countries in the global south to refuse to accept any waste they cannot process.
Environmentalists welcome these bans as a way to reduce pollution, improve recycling facilities and protect the oceans.
Exporting waste should have never been allowed. No matter if it is plastics or electronics.