Environmental activists from the EcoWaste Coalition, Sustainable Davao Movement, and Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability hold a protest action during the reshipment of the 5,177 metric tons of waste to South Korea at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, Sunday (Jan. 19). The groups have also called on the government to ratify Basel Ban Amendment to prevent the entry of any imported trash into the country. (Photo by EcoWaste Coalition)
Last batch of Korean trash reshipped to country of origin
With the reshipment of the remaining 5,177 metric tons of mostly plastic trash to South Korea on Sunday (Jan. 19), pro-environment groups have reiterated their call to foreign countries to recycle their own wastes and not dump these to the Philippines.
