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‘No other option’: Indonesia begins returning toxic e-waste to US
Indonesia began mandatory re-exports of hazardous e-waste after inspections found misdeclared shipments, with four containers sent back to the U.S. last week, officials said.
Summary by South China Morning Post
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National authorities to send shipping containers back to US following discovery of alarming items: 'There is no other option'
Indonesia is cracking down on dangerous, unwanted imports from the United States, the South China Morning Post reported, and has officially begun sending them back. What's happening? Officials in the port city of Batam recently exported four shipping containers of prohibited e-waste back to the U.S. Four containers aren't many, but Indonesian officials have stressed that the shipment was the tip of the iceberg. According to the SCMP, customs wo…
Indonesia exported four containers of electronic waste to the United States last week in an effort to control the smuggling of waste into the Southeast Asian nation.
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