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Community Rights Advocates Challenge to ASEAN Leaders: End the Toxic Trade in Plastics and E-Waste
Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand unite to challenge ASEAN leaders to establish regional policies to immediately ban the flow of foreign plastic waste and e-waste entering the region, and regulate the production and consumption of single-use plastics.
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Malaysia’s government returns imported plastic waste to global north
But this issue needs to be tackled at the source.
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Why plastic pollution is an environmental justice issue
Turtles, seabirds, seals, and whales are well-documented victims of out of control plastic pollution, but when was the last time you saw a video of a person suffering in the…
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Greenpeace pushes back on ‘plastic monster’ created by corporations like Nestlé
KUALA LUMPUR - The plastic waste trade problem gained traction nationwide in recent months due to an overflow of imported plastic waste across several states, with Selangor at its epicentre.
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After ‘The Recycling Myth’ Report: Updates from the Field
Plastic waste has been a visibly mounting issue in Malaysia for over a decade now with increasing news reports on landfills affecting residential neighbourhoods.
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‘Recycling’ from developed world dumped in Malaysia and left to rot
Malaysia is the new dumping site for plastic ‘recycling’ from more than 19 countries, including the US, UK and Australia, according to new research released today by Greenpeace Malaysia.
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THE RECYCLING MYTH: Malaysia and the Broken Global Recycling System
In many places a waste management system exists that claims to dispose, incinerate or recycle collected plastic waste. In reality, most of the plastic waste generated in high-income countries is…
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A Crisis of Convenience Report
The corporations behind the plastic pollution pandemic: A Greenpeace review of the policies, practices and ambitions of significant fast-moving consumer goods businesses.
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9 ways people like you fought single-use plastics this month
The equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the ocean every single minute. Plastics never go away, they simply break apart into smaller and smaller pieces, killing marine life and…
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Greenpeace tells ASEAN: Act on plastics pollution in region’s oceans
Manila, Philippines – Acting on the urgency of the plastics pollution problem in the region, and with the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit commencing in Manila, Greenpeace…