An engineer points at the pile of plastic wastes that are stored at the facility of Verde Soko Philippines Industrial Corp. inside the Phividec Industrial Estate in Barangay Santa Cruz, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. The 6,500 tons of plastic trash will be shipped back to South Korea after Verde Soko allegedly failed to secure an import permit and has wrongfully declared the discarded materials. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Environment watchdogs welcomed the announcement made by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) that the remaining volumes of trash from South Korea, currently stored in a facility in Misamis Oriental, will be shipped back to its origin on Jan. 19 and Feb. 9.