Emirates Shipping Line Joins Growing Push to End Plastic Waste Trade→
/Carrier becomes second ocean carrier to halt plastic waste shipments following sustained advocacy from Basel Action Network
Read MoreAI E-Waste May be 40 to 60 Times What Has Been Estimated, New Analysis Finds→
/First-of-its-kind full-infrastructure analysis by Basel Action Network projects 395 to 617 million tonnes of AI-driven electronic equipment could be retired between 2025 and 2050. If packed into shipping containers and placed end to end, they would circle the Earth about six times.
Read MoreGroups Warn Indonesia of Serious Violations of Basel Convention →
/Jakarta. Kuala Lumpur. September 3, 2026. Following a visit to Batam, Indonesia, the Basel Action Network (BAN), together with Indonesian groups Nexus3 Foundation and Ecoton, has identified three containers suspected of carrying electronic waste (e-waste) from a premise linked to e-waste recycling company PT Esun International Utama Indonesia (PT Esun).
Read MoreCambodia to impose stricter enforcement of e-waste import ban over public health risks→
/PHNOM PENH: Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth has called on provincial and municipal governors to enforce the current ban on the import of waste batteries and electrical and electronic waste (e-waste), warning that hazardous substances contained in such materials pose a serious threat to public health and the environment.
Read More184 Suspected Illegal E-Waste Containers from United States Set to Arrive in the Philippines in Coming Weeks→
/Groups call for the Philippine Government to Continue Upholding Basel Convention Treaty Obligations, Following Customs Action on Three Prior Suspect Containers
Read MoreThe digital graveyard: Is Bangladesh becoming China’s e-waste back door?→
/By: Sajibur Rahman
As the world turns its attention to China’s increasingly stringent waste import ban, a dangerous stream of electronic waste is entering Bangladesh.
Read MoreUS is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says→
/By: Verónica García de Leónand Erin McCormick
Mexico is facing a “toxic crisis” and has become a “garbage sink” for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned.
Read MoreBAN Praises Southeast Asian Governments and Urges Further Action to Crack Down on Illegal E-Waste Dumping→
/Seattle / Kuala Lumpur / Bangkok / Jakarta. April 7, 2026. The Basel Action Network (BAN) today commends the governments of Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia for taking strong actions against illegal imports of hazardous electronic waste, primarily from waste brokers in the United States (US) that pose as recyclers but instead, ship containers of e-waste across the ocean to Southeast Asia.
Read MoreEnvironmental Groups Urge Indonesian President to Order Return of 914 Containers of E-Waste Back to Countries of Origin and Publish Container Numbers→
/Seattle / Jakarta / Surabaya, Mar. 5, 2026 — The Basel Action Network (BAN), Nexus3 Foundation, and ECOTON have sent an open letter to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and key ministers, urging decisive action to return 914 containers of suspected illegal electronic waste seized in Batam, and calling for full public transparency on all re-export operations.
Read MoreEnvironmental Watchdogs Applaud Action by Albania Prosecutors in Global Hazardous Waste Dumping Scandal→
/Tirana, Bangkok, Seattle, February 9, 2026 - The Basel Action Network (BAN), together with EARTH Thailand and Milieukontakt Albania, welcomed decisive action by the Prosecutor’s Office in Durrës confirming that 102 containers of steel industry waste exported from Albania were hazardous. Authorities have issued 33 indictments and carried out 20 arrests in connection with the illegal shipment to Thailand.
Read MoreU.S. Shipping Line Matson backtracks on commitment to not dump their old ships on South Asian Beaches→
/Seattle / Brussels – 3 February 2026 — The Basel Action Network (BAN) and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform today condemned Matson Shipping Lines for proceeding with the export of its former U.S.-flagged vessel MOKIHANA for scrapping at the notorious shipbreaking beaches of Alang, India.
Read MoreIndonesia Flooded with Electronic Wastes from the US; 822 Suspect Containers Detained in Batam→
/Seattle, WA. 16 December 2025. New reports from Indonesian media and customs officials describe a rapidly growing number of 40-ft sea-going containers piling up after being seized and held in Indonesia’s Batu Ampar port in Batam.
Read MoreCalifornia Caught Violating Foreign Country Laws Banning Mixed Paper/Plastic Waste Imports →
/December 2, 2025. Today, two waste watchdog groups, the Basel Action Network (BAN) and The Last Beach Cleanup, published a Fact Briefing detailing that California is exporting…
Read MoreAmerican e-waste is causing a ‘hidden tsunami’ in Southeast Asia, watchdog report says→
/HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report released Wednesday by an environmental watchdog.
Read MoreFollowing the Smoke: Investigation of Ten U.S. Companies Points to a Hidden Tsunami of e-Waste Exports to Asia→
/Seattle, WA, Oct. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Basel Action Network (BAN), released a new investigative report, “Brokers of Shame: The New Tsunami of American e-Waste Exports to Asia”, documenting how a group of large U.S brokers appear to be facilitating what BAN estimates to be a billion-dollar trade in exporting electronic waste to developing countries.
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