Indonesia returning hundreds of containers of waste to West
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia is sending back hundreds of containers of contaminated waste to the West after shipments…
7 years ago
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Indonesia sends back hundreds of shipping containers full of waste
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has sent hundreds of garbage-filled shipping containers back to their countries of origin, according to…
7 years ago
Asian countries turning back wealthy world’s waste
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world's rubbish dump, have in recent weeks…
7 years ago
Indonesia to send 210 tonnes of waste back to Australia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia said Tuesday it would send more than 210 tonnes of garbage back to Australia, as…
7 years ago
Indonesia returns five containers of waste to the US
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has returned five containers of rubbish to the United States and will not become a…
7 years ago
Dead whale in Philippines had 40 kg of plastic in stomach
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- A starving whale with 40 kilos (88 pounds) of plastic trash in its stomach has died…
7 years ago
DILG orders 108 LGUs to explain their failure to submit required solid waste management plans
(Eagle News) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government has ordered over 100 local government units to explain…
7 years ago
Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’: report
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent…
7 years ago
In Kenya, rubbish reborn as art
by Zina DESMAZES Agence France Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- In a room that is both home and studio, Evans…
8 years ago
Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
by Ivan Couronne Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- For months, a major recycling facility for the greater…
8 years ago
Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump
by Paavan Mathema and Annabel Symington Agence France-Presse KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest…
8 years ago
Plastic wasteland: Asia’s ocean pollution crisis
by Jenny Vaughan and Asia bureaus © Agence France-Presse THANH HOA, Vietnam (AFP) -- A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a…
8 years ago
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