Malaysian island turning into the world’s ‘trash can’

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PULAU INDAH, MALAYSIA: Hundreds of sacks filled with plastic waste from the US, Britain, South Korea and Spain spill onto the streets of an industrial zone in Pulau Indah, an island town just an hour's drive from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The stench of...

 

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