RT @RethinkPlastic@twitter.com

A full ban on extra-EU/EFTA plastic waste exports and the full transposition of the #BaselConvention within the EU helps address the environmental, social and human health harm recipient countries face as a result of the plastic waste trade #wastecolonialism

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RethinkPlastic/status/1615324667430027264

This “makes Africa a dumping ground. And similar stories are emerging from southeast Asia and Latin America, in what has been described as ‘waste colonialism’. All of this exacerbates the unknowns about where plastics are ending up. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03793-3 #WasteColonialism #Sustainability #Recycling #Environmentalism

#InternationalHumanRightsDay
These are stories from #Malaysia, #Indonesia, the #Philippines and #Turkey - don’t they have a right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment?
#wastetrade
#HumanRights
https://rethinkplasticalliance.eu/news/we-are-now-plastic-farmers/
Here is the story of #wastecolonialism.

#InternationalHumanRightsDay
These are stories from #Malaysia, #Indonesia, the #Philippines and #Turkey - don’t they have a right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment?
#wastetrade
#HumanRights
https://rethinkplasticalliance.eu/news/we-are-now-plastic-farmers/
Here is the story of #wastecolonialism.

RT @RethinkPlastic@twitter.com

What could this lead to? If voted for by @Europarl_EN@twitter.com and @EUCouncil@twitter.com, a full ban on EU plastic waste exports would address environmental, social and human health harms recipient countries face from plastic waste exports from the EU #wastecolonialism https://bit.ly/3H0Gdwt

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RethinkPlastic/status/1598264930146209793

3/3“At worst, they create international legal & policy inconsistencies that push plastic waste to places with the least capacity to deal with it safely."
This is called #WasteColonialism, incompatible with #EnvironmentalJustice.
#Plastic #PlasticsTreaty 🔽
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00361-1