“Malaysian town covered in 19,000 tons of plastic waste”, reports Business Insider. “Malaysia, flooded with plastic waste, to send scrap back to source”, reports Japan Times. “China’s recycling ban has sent America’s plastic to Malaysia”, reports CNN.
But all the trash had to go somewhere. Enter the fertile and friendly soils of sunny Southeast Asia. Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia stepped up to take the lion’s share of the trash. And so began our plastic-fueled nightmare. As anyone with even the minutest knowledge of plastic would be able to tell you, burning it is a very, very bad idea. The poisonous fumes soon caused local residents much heartache and headache. Protests ensued and opposition against these factories grew, forcing the government’s hand.
But before we get to solutions, let’s understand its origins so we know exactly what we’re dealing with. After all, half the battle is won when the problem is accurately identified and clearly understood. Thanks to its many attractive attributes, it soon flooded the world. Alarmingly so. It’s only been a mere half-century or so since it really took off and we’ve already produced a mind-blowing 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic worldwide. That’s equivalent to the weight of more than 800,000 Eiffel Towers.
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