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Philippines sends trash back to Canada after Duterte escalates row
31.05.2019 11:39 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The 69 containers were loaded overnight onto a vessel at the port of Subic, northwest of Manila, and left on Friday for a month-long journey to the Canadian city of Vancouver, Reuters reports.
It is to be reminded, as of 2016, a Philippine court declared the import of 2,400 tonnes of Canadian waste illegal. It had been mislabeled as plastics for recycling.
Canada said the waste, exported to the Philippines between 2013 and 2014, was a private commercial transaction done without the government consent.
«The government of Canada is taking all the necessary measures to ensure safe and environmentally sound transport, handling and disposal of the waste in Canada,» Mark Johnson, spokesman for Canadian environment and climate change ministry, said in an email statement.
As to the report, the Philippines had accused Canada of stalling, prompting angry rebukes from Duterte, a volatile but hugely popular president known for his tirades against Western governments.
It is to be admitted, the Philippines is the latest Southeast Asian nation to take issue with developed nations they say use the region as a dumping grounds for waste.
Malaysia, the world main destination for plastic waste after China, has recently said it would return as much as 3,000 tonnes of waste back to the countries of origin.
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