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What is the reality of the plastics recycling sector?
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This investigation reveals the environmental tragedy hidden behind the greenwashing of mass retail brands. At the end of 2018, China stopped the importation of plastic waste from around the world to recycle and use the residue as fuel. Since then, the majority of waste from many European countries ends up in Indonesia, because shipping it there is much cheaper than recycling it in Europe. In Java, in the immense port of Surabaya, the smuggling of thousands of tonnes of plastics illegally imported in paper containers keeps villages drowning in the toxic fumes of non-recyclable plastic residue.
“Plastics: a not so clean sector”
A report produced by Isabelle DUCRET for the program “Temps Present” broadcast on RTS Radio Télévision Suisse - 2020