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Toxic waste could be recycled rather than shipped to developing countries

By Hicbd
Wed Jun 9 2021 12:38 pm

"Critics of global waste trade claim that lack of regulation and failed policies have allowed developing nations to become toxic dump yards for hazardous waste. The ever-increasing amounts of hazardous waste being shipped to developing countries increases the disproportionate risk that the people in these nations face. Critics of the effects of the global waste trade emphasize the enormous amount of hazardous wastes that people in poorer countries must deal with. They highlight the fact that most of the world’s hazardous wastes are produced by Western countries (the United States and Europe), yet the people who suffer negative health effects from these wastes are from poorer countries that did not produce the waste."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_waste_trade
https://theconversation.com/toxic-waste-dumping-in-the-gulf-of-guinea-amounts-to-environmental-racism-148542
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/following-the-trail-of-toxic-e-waste/

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Categories:
Environment Recycling Waste / Garbage / Landfills / Trash Pollution Global Public Health United Nations Global Health China Government Regulation / Oversight World Trade Organization (WTO)

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