This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law

This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially bans the export of unsorted plastic waste from rich countries to poor countries and requires it to be disclosed in shipments between poor countries. But the rule has a big loophole. Every year, an unknown but potentially large amount of plastic waste …

This Fuel Is 50% Plastic — and It’s Slipping Through a Loophole in International Waste Law

Impakter This Fuel Is 50% Plastic — and It’s Slipping Through a Loophole in International Waste Law Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially bans the export of unsorted plastic waste from rich countries to poor countries and requires it to be disclosed in shipments between poor countries. Bu…