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 MoreGroups call for the Philippine Government to Continue Upholding Basel Convention Treaty Obligations, Following Customs Action on Three Prior Suspect Containers
Read MoreBy: 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 MoreBy: 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 MoreSeattle / 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 MoreSeattle / 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 MoreTirana, 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 MoreSeattle / 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 MoreSeattle, 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 MoreDecember 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 MoreHANOI, 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 MoreSeattle, 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.
Read MoreToday, 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.
Read MoreBy Aliyu Umar Sadiq
August 26, 2025. The export of second-hand products from the EU to Africa can benefit receiving countries, providing wider access to affordable goods. But when the fees that producers pay to finance waste treatment – the so-called Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees – remain in Europe, African countries are left to handle the waste management of imported products without the necessary support…
By Yashraj Sharma
New Delhi, India. August 26, 2025. In the dead of a cold December night in 2023, at a dump near Delhi, hundreds of men huddled around small bonfires, clutching paper cups of tea. They tossed plastic bags into the flames as they waited for a fleet of trucks to arrive…
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