Indonesian village welcomes foreign trash
Up to 40 dump trucks a day rumble into Bangun to unload mountains of waste.
Microplastics and the environment
From drinking water to the air we breathe and from the Mariana Trench to the Antarctic, microplastics are literally everywhere.
ASEAN’s poor plastic waste record
Nearly half of US plastic waste – which was normally sent to China – has been diverted to Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in the first half of 2018.
Calls for better plastic waste management
A global plastics convention can have benefits in terms of setting a common framework for reporting and requiring governments to create plans and report against plans.