Indonesia re-exporting illegal waste to other countries, report finds
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/indonesia-waste-plastic-export-import-illegal
A report by environmental groups says the Indonesian government is shipping containers of imported plastic waste from the U.S. to other countries instead of sending them back to the source as it claimed it would.
The report said 38 containers ended up arriving in India, while the others were sent to countries including Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Canada.
The Indonesian government has rebuffed the allegation, saying the re-export documents list the U.S. and Germany as the final destinations.
The groups behind the report have called on Indonesia to work together with the source countries and to prosecute those involved in the trafficking of waste.
