{"id":2458,"date":"2019-05-29T15:56:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T07:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/southeastasia\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T08:44:43","slug":"malaysias-government-returns-imported-plastic-waste-to-global-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/southeastasia\/press\/2458\/malaysias-government-returns-imported-plastic-waste-to-global-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia\u2019s government returns imported plastic waste to global north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to Malaysia\u2019s decision to send imported plastic waste back to the countries that produced it, such as the UK and Canada, Greenpeace Malaysia Campaigner Heng Kiah Chun said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe recognise the Malaysian government\u2019s positive action on tackling the plastic waste export crisis, which includes calling out and penalising those responsible for this waste being dumped in Southeast Asia. The Malaysian Environment Minister, Yeo Bee Yin, is leading the fight against the deluge of imported plastic waste in the country, which shows that this is an issue the Malaysian government is taking seriously. But this issue needs to be tackled at the source: multinationals need to reduce their production of single-use plastic so that countries like Malaysia do not end up at the receiving end in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Waste exporting countries should see this as a wake-up call, and take responsibility for their plastic waste. This can be an opportunity to fix our broken recycling system by incentivising and supporting a domestic market of sorting and recycling plastic waste, taking into account circularity. Most importantly, for an environmentally and socially fair recycling system to work, plastic manufacturers such as multinational companies need to reduce their plastic production by moving towards refill and reuse models and using durable materials that can be easily recycled at the end-of-life.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yvonne Nathan, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital and Media Campaigner, Greenpeace Malaysia<\/span><\/p>\n<p>E: <a href=\"mailto:yvonne.nathan@greenpeace.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yvonne.nathan@greenpeace.org <\/span><\/a>\u00a0 M: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+6017 662 8306<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"EmptyMessage\">Block content is empty. 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