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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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1 results foundAuthor: Sembiring, Margareth Title: Global Waste Trade Chaos: Rising Environmentalism or Cost-Benefit Analysis? Summary: International garbage disputes are rare. Lately, however, the world witnesses waves of newsworthy trash saga. From the Philippines shipping containers of rubbish back to Canada, to Malaysia planning to return tons of garbage back to countries of origin, to China's near-total ban of plastic waste import, it is hard not to wonder whether this is a real sign of rising environmentalism. Have countries begun to think that the environment is worthy of a similar priority as the economy? This Insight argues that behind the seemingly growing pro-environment attitudes, it still remains to be seen whether this trend is sustainable in the long run. Considering that the global waste trade is a multi-billion dollar industry, the balance may tip to favour the economic activities again once the dust has settled back. The paper first looks at a brief description of the global waste trade industry. It then discusses some of the contemporary development in the global waste industry particularly on the issues of waste smuggling and China's plastic waste import ban. It describes related experiences in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. Details: Singapore: Nanyang Technological University, 2019. 9p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 12, 2019 at: https://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/NTS-Insight-Global-waste-trade_010719.pdf Year: 2019 Country: Asia URL: https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/nts/global-waste-trade-chaos-rising-environmentalism-or-cost-benefit-analysis/ Shelf Number: 156969 Keywords: Environmental Crime Illegal Dumping Illegal Waste Offenses Against the Environment Plastic Waste Waste Smuggling |