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Highly problematic graphic by @VisualCap .
Blaming Asia for the plastic pollution crisis is a form of #environmentalracism and creates a false narrative about who is responsible for producing #plasticwaste.
Key narratives we need to confront at all times 🧵
Blaming Asia for the plastic pollution crisis is a form of #environmentalracism and creates a false narrative about who is responsible for producing #plasticwaste.
Key narratives we need to confront at all times 🧵
♻️ We need drastic, scalable interventions to reduce, reuse and better manage #plastic across ALL economies.
🏭 Burning plastic [#incineration and waste-to-energy] are not acceptable solutions to the plastic crisis.
🏭 Burning plastic [#incineration and waste-to-energy] are not acceptable solutions to the plastic crisis.
🚢 Exporting waste from wealthier nations to under-resourced nations is a form of #wastecolonialism and #environmentalracism.
🛍 The biggest #polluters are the corporations producing and marketing plastic which are headquartered in the global north.
🛍 The biggest #polluters are the corporations producing and marketing plastic which are headquartered in the global north.
And we're live - our ZW Live! #webinar "Should the #EU ban all exports of its #waste?" is now in full swing!
Watch it live on our Youtube channel if you couldn't register via Zoom:
Watch it live on our Youtube channel if you couldn't register via Zoom:
@PierreCondamine @msaraswati @FokusNexus3 @Europarl_EN @EU_ENV @RethinkPlastic @brkfreeplastic @CLEAR_Lab_ All systems produce #waste - but how can we "waste well"?
Even with proximity principles in place, waste get side to the populations with the lowest incomes and from whose the biggest efforts are required - food for thought from our speaker @MaxLiboiron.
#WasteTrade #webinar
Even with proximity principles in place, waste get side to the populations with the lowest incomes and from whose the biggest efforts are required - food for thought from our speaker @MaxLiboiron.
#WasteTrade #webinar
“Waste exports means creating further impacts on 'sacrifice zones' and communities which are already vulnerable; it is a presumed entitlement.” – @MaxLiboiron
This story is astonishing, and huge. Britain's used tyres are being exported en masse to India, without proper oversight or control, where they are baked to make a filthy fuel, with horrendous consequences. My column: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The UK govt is flagrantly flouting its own rules, and clearly couldn't give a damn. On Monday, I asked for responses to my questions by noon on Tuesday. It sent a non-response, answering none of my questions, at 10.20 last night, hours after the paper had gone to press.
This allows it to claim that it responded to my request, while ensuring that I can't use its response, which, as it knows, does not answer my questions. It hopes to put the issue out of mind, regardless of how many Indians this toxic policy is killing. #WasteColonialism
