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What about the ban on foreign garbage in Malaysia? Malaysia will "repatriate" 3300 tons of foreign g

What about the ban on foreign garbage in Malaysia? Malaysia will repatriate 3300 tons of foreign garbage! On May 28 local time, Yang Meiying, Minister of energy, science, technology, climate change and environment of Malaysia, announced that after checking 60 containers of foreign waste (commonly known as "foreign waste"), the authorities would return all 3000 tons of foreign waste to the country of origin. These countries include Japan, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Canada, Australia and the United States.

According to CNN, this batch of "repatriated" foreign garbage is the largest in Malaysia's history. The report pointed out that after China refused to accept foreign garbage in early 2018, many foreign garbage turned to Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Recently, Southeast Asian countries, including the Malaysian government, have strictly enforced the law in order to curb the increasing amount of foreign garbage.

In the port of Klang, Malaysia, local government staff opened nine containers on the 28th to show the media some foreign garbage, including e-waste, plastic, cable and other garbage that can not be recycled.

Yang Meiying said that although Malaysia is a small developing country, it is as qualified as developed countries to enjoy clean air and water. Therefore, the government will not compromise on this and Malaysia will not become a garbage dump in the world.

Yang Meiying said that these foreign garbage were illegally transported in. She said that the containers came from Britain, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Bangladesh, the United States and China. Yang Meiying added that the garbage in the containers from China actually came from France. I believe this is because after China refused the entry of foreign garbage, someone transferred the containers from China to Malaysia. " I believe that China prohibits foreign garbage from entering the country, so businesses transfer garbage to Malaysia. "

Yang Meiying said that according to the existing environmental quality act, businesses must transport foreign garbage back to the source country within 14 days, and the expenses shall be borne by the businesses. On the same day, the government has ordered 10 containers containing foreign garbage to be transported back to the source country within 14 days, with a total of 450 tons.

Yang Meiying also denounced domestic businesses that illegally imported foreign garbage as "traitors". Yang Meiying said, "we believe that Malaysians who import foreign garbage are traitors to national environmental protection, so their behavior must be stopped and punished by law."

Last week, the Philippine government said it would return dozens of garbage containers, which Philippine officials said were illegally transported from Canada to the country between 2013 and 2014.