Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste offloaded to India, Dubai

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COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally imported hazardous waste has shown that some of it was sent on to India ...

Sri Lanka's customs department found that a local company imported 241 containers from Britain, out of which 15 had been sent to India and two to Dubai.

The customs service said the consignment was believed to contain mortuary waste among other garbage which included large quantities of plastic. "The importer has been asked to immediately repack all the garbage back in the containers," he said adding that all the waste must be sent back to Britain.

 

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