Containers reportedly filled with illegal e-scrap set to arrive in the Philippines
More than 180 shipping containers from the U.S. are scheduled to arrive at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in the Philippines between Aug. 6 and Sept. 30, BAN says.
https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/containers-reportedly-filled-wuth-illegal-escrap-set-to-arrive-in-the-philippines/
The dumping of e-waste by the Global North in the Global South is a great environmental crime. But what goes around, comes around. The whole earth is our home, our nest. We are poisoning our nest.
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