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 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.
Read MoreTreaty Opportunity to Reduce Plastic Pollution Tossed Away in Geneva→
/Geneva, Switzerland. August 15, 2025. After six major intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meetings and numerous side meetings across almost 3 years, the effort to create a binding international treaty to minimize plastic pollution…
Read MoreIllegal plastic waste affects Bay of Bengal ecosystem→
/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…
Read MoreMalaysia to ban US plastic waste, leaving California in a bind→
/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.
Read MoreShipping Lines Need to Join CMA CGM in Refusing to Carry Plastic Waste to Developing Countries →
/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.
Read MoreMalaysia’s e-waste problem explained→
/FMT takes a closer look into e-waste, why some are concerned, and what others see as potential benefits.
Read MoreMalaysia seizes 106 illegal e-waste containers →
/Malaysia has seized 106 containers of dangerous electronic waste over the last three months and busted an illegal waste import syndicate after a tip-off from a watchdog group, a minister said
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