Illegal plastic waste affects Bay of Bengal ecosystem

Source: https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/535292/budget2025-2026

By: The Daily Sun, Staff Correspondent

Publish: Thursday, 11 February, 2021 18:00

Huge transboundary movements and trading of illegal plastic waste into Bangladesh is hampering the ecosystem of Bay of Bengal and ultimately the sustainable development of the country…

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Malaysia to ban US plastic waste, leaving California in a bind

Source: https://san.com/cc/malaysia-to-ban-us-plastic-waste-leaving-california-in-a-bind/

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Jun 26, 2025 at 07:17 PM PDT

Karah Rucker (Anchor/News Reporter)

Malaysia says a ban on plastic waste imports from the United States will begin on Tuesday, July 1. That could create problems for California, which sends much of its plastic waste overseas.

The ban starts next week because the U.S. has failed to ratify the Basel Convention, Malaysia said. It’s one of only a few countries to do so.

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Ship Recycling Convention Enters into Force with Uncertainty and Criticism

Source: https://maritime-executive.com/article/ship-recycling-convention-enters-into-force-with-uncertainty-and-criticism

Published Jun 26, 2025 3:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

The long-awaited Hong Kong International Convention setting standards for the industry to dismantle end-of-life vessels has gone into force. It comes, however, amidst criticism that the agreement fails to address many key issues in safety and sustainability, and the concerns of beaching in ship recycling.

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Malaysia to fully halt US e-plastic imports

Source: https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2025/06/26/malaysia-to-fully-halt-us-e-plastic-imports/

Published: June 26, 2025
Updated: June 26, 2025
by Colin Staub

The Malaysian government recently published regulations indicating the country will stop all U.S.-sourced imports of scrap plastic, including e-plastics from electronics, on July 1. Reports from plastic traders indicate the flow of scrap plastic into Malaysia has already slowed.

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Shipping Lines Need to Join CMA CGM in Refusing to Carry Plastic Waste to Developing Countries

Source: https://conta.cc/44cd907

12 June 2025. Seattle, WA, USA. Nice, France. At this week’s United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, some of the world’s largest shipping lines are touting their environmental credentials while continuing to be key facilitators of the global dumping of plastic waste on developing countries.

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Hundreds of Tonnes of Suspected Toxic Waste Expected to Return to Durres, Albania October 27th

Source: https://conta.cc/3YcslWY

Seattle, USA, Durres, Albania. October 21, 2024. An estimated 2,100 total metric tonnes of suspected hazardous waste packed in 102 containers are expected to be returned to their country of origin, Albania, on October 27th, 2024, via the Italian port of Gioia Tauro after having sailed all the way to Singapore on their intended pathway to Thailand.

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Washington State Warned Against Trying to Export Toxic Ferries to Developing Countries Again

Source: https://conta.cc/4cXTr9Q

Seattle, Washington, USA. The planned sale by Washington State Ferries (WSF) of two ex-ferries, the Elwha and Klahowya, to an Ecuadorian steel mill has been halted in part over revelations that the foreign crew of the tugboat that would have pulled the ships to Ecuador suffered poor conditions, which came to light only after the crew had difficulty

conducting the towing operation about one month ago.

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New Whistleblower Program to Halt Illegal and Improper Waste Exports and Management

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The Basel Action Network (BAN), the organization that first exposed the global dumping of electronic wastes in China (2002) and Africa (2005), and continues to campaign against the highly polluting and dangerous dumping for "recycling" due to waste exports from rich, developed countries, has launched an online whistleblowers portal

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