Early last year, Indonesia sent five containers of contaminated plastics back to New Zealand at Indonesia’s cost. To shed light on this issue, #breakfreefromplastic changemaker Trisia Farrelly of the Centre for Political Ecology Research Centre, Massey University, organized a webinar to shed light on waste dumping in developing countries in Asia. Panelists representing #breakfreefromplastic members GAIA, Ecoton, Nexus3 Foundation, and Greenpeace Malaysia demonstrated what waste dumping looks like in Southeast Asia, and explained why pushing for Basel Convention amendments to include new regulations on plastics trading is so critical.
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