Malaysia To Send 3,000 Tonnes of Plastic Waste Back To Countries of Origin

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Malaysia is the latest Asian country after China and Philippines to reject rich countries' trash after becoming a dumping ground for plastic waste.  

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-waste-idUSKCN1SY0M7?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5cecf8d6c3070b0001dcd590&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter 

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Unlike the garbage dumped in the Philippines, the waste being repatriated from Malaysia was (according to the local paper 'the Sun') was purchased by a recycling facility (now closed). The waste was permitted and entered the country legally.

Local activists caused the plant to be shut down. I suppose a good question is, 'Who is responsible for the cost of sending this waste back?'.