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U.S. Continues to Ship Illegal Plastic Waste to Developing Countries
Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
In 2019, 187 countries voted to amend the 1989 Basel Convention to include plastic waste in the definition of hazardous materials and to strictly limit how that trash is traded internationally. The binding framework aims to make global trade in plastic waste cleaner, more transparent and better regulated. It went into effect on Jan. 1, 2021.
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