EU agrees landmark ban of plastic waste exports to poorer nations
The EU will ‘finally assume responsibility’ for the horrendous volume of plastic waste it exports to poorer nations, reads a statement attached to a landmark ban slated to be in effect by 2026.
The ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach hasn’t proven too effective for the EU and its plastic disposal methods, despite giving it a ruddy good go over the years.
In-fact, the EU’s export of such waste to non-OECD countries — that’s poorer nations outside of a 38-member forum focused on sustainable economic growth — has dramatically increased in recent times, as high energy costs ‘force’ the closure of EU recycling operations.
Despite the troubling uptick, however, the EU has surprisingly announced a ban on plastic waste exports which will reportedly come into effect in 2026. That’s the official word from a diplomatic gathering currently underway in Nairobi, Kenya.
‘The EU will finally assume responsibility for its plastic waste by banning its export to non-OECD countries,’ clarified Pernille Weiss, a Danish member of the European parliament.
