Author: Lioman Lima

For years, in the world of politics, Latin America has been considered "the US's backyard," its "zone of influence." Now, environmental groups in the region say that it has become something else: their dump.

Author: Conor McGlone

Revelations that a waste exporter contracted by Tesco and Sainsbury’s breached UK export regulations when it shipped waste to five sites in Turkey, as well as to Poland and the Netherlands, have prompted fierce criticism from green groups that are calling for greater transparency and stronger penalties for waste firms that break the rules.

Author: Chinedum Uwaegbulam

Nigeria, other West African countries, face very significant trafficking in electronic and vehicle waste into their countries. This trafficking acts as a carrier of plastic soon-to-be waste imports, as most electronic and electric products, according to Tom Gammage, Ocean Campaigner, London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).

Author: Tino Oldani

The government and the judiciary of Tunisia are forcing Italy to take back about six thousand tons of highly harmful waste, illegally exported to the North African country. The cost of the operation will be borne by the Campania region, governed by Vincenzo De Luca, whose administration had authorized a Campania company to export waste, without carrying out adequate checks.

Author: Chantal Lavigne

Despite increasingly stringent international restrictions, Canadian companies export paper to poor countries whose contamination by polluting waste greatly exceeds the standards. An Investigation team unearths the murky world of the recyclables trade and has followed their tracks from your bin to India.

Author: Gokhan Kam

Bureaucracy continues to take back the dirty waste, which amounted to 400 containers in the first stage, sent from Germany to Turkey. Germany has decided to take the waste but is still 'investigation'. Some of the waste was sent to Turkey, some to Greece, and some to Vietnam.

Author: Rubens Valente

On July 26, 2021, at 3:30 pm, a message reached the internal communication system of the headquarters of Ibama (Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), in São Paulo. "Some paper mills are importing waste paper from selective collection of residential origin," the message read. "This import is prohibited."

Author: Rubens Valente

Jaepel's lawyers state, in a petition filed in a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Santos that discusses the destination of US containers, that these shipments became necessary due to the interruption in the supply of recyclable paper from commercial and industrial establishments and the decrease in collection of recyclables during the pandemic.

Author: Louis Gore-Langton

Turkey’s population is largely unaware that the country is being used as a dumping ground for the world’s plastic waste, according to new research by Microplastic Research Group (MRG).

Author: James Lee

The return of the 1,500 tonnes of waste comes as Poland applies stricter rules on imported waste, resulting in authorities now calling for the refuse to be disposed of correctly. The Environment Agency is paying £983,000 to a private company to take care of the problem, with taxpayers picking up the bill.

Author: Matt Mace

The Government has laid out new steps to develop a UK-wide tracking system for waste in a bid to improve resource efficiency through powers introduced in the Environment Bill.

Author(s): UK Government

New plans will help tackle fly-tipping and illegal waste exports through stricter background checks and mandatory digital waste tracking

Author: Recycling Magazine

Currently, the SENT system in Poland (Electronic Transport Supervision System) was originally introduced in 2017 to register transport of goods such as chemicals, fuels and tobacco, and is primarily a tool to increase tax revenues and reduce crime.

Author: Mark Smulian

Poland will imposed further restrictions on the import of waste from 1 February as the government steps up its "fight against environmental crime". The country was the second largest destination of waste from the UK after The Netherlands in the first three quarters of last year, according to the Environment Agency.

Author: EcoTimes

Due to the sheer size of its population and the advanced state of its development, the EU is a major producer of waste, particularly plastics and metals. Despite commanding a reputation as one of the most environmentally-friendly and forward-thinking forces in the world, the bloc still exports a significant proportion of its waste abroad for recycling, often to countries which do not have the resources, infrastructure, or enforcement systems in place to handle it appropriately.