https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57139474
UK plastic waste is being exported to Turkey and then illegally dumped and burned, according to a report.
Greenpeace said about 40% - or 210,000 tonnes - of the UK's plastic waste exports were sent to Turkey last year.
But rather than being recycled, investigators saw some of it dumped by roads, in fields and in waterways.
We need to sort out more recycling plants, not dump our rubbish onto another country.
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The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
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Re: The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
At one time all this sort of waste went to China for sorting but then they woke up.
We should be sorting our own mess out!
We should be sorting our own mess out!
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Re: The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
Convoys of ships.
We were getting their cheap goods while they were taking our rubbish - and money, of course.
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Re: The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
So we were still getting rubbish in returnSunderland Nut wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 04:35Convoys of ships.
We were getting their cheap goods while they were taking our rubbish - and money, of course.
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Re: The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
Not sure what we are getting in return from Turkey
They will most likely take our rubbish and recycle it and make money or as it looks here just take the rubbish for money.
In the case of China, there will always be some crap coming from there.
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Re: The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
Durrrr ......... turkey, that's pretty obvious.
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Re: The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
It seems to me that the world is still turning a blind eye to all forms of waste and not just plastic.
Out of sight, out of mind comes to mind
Out of sight, out of mind comes to mind
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Re: The UK is using turkey as a plastic dumping ground
It used to be China but they now refuse most of our rubbish.