Philippines ships 69 containers of rubbish back to Canada.

Pedro_P

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Container ship M/V Bavaria, with tonnes of garbage on board, has left Subic Bay on a 20-day journey to Vancouver.

The port in Subic Bay in the Philippines where a transport vessel, MV Bavaria, is berthed to load waste Photograph: Jes Aznar/Getty Images
▼ The Philippines has made good  on a threatby President Rodrigo Duterte and put 69 containers of what its officials called illegally transported garbage on a ship that is heading to Canada.
The nation is one of two in south-east Asia that have protested being treated like dumpsites by wealthier countries.
Administrator Wilma Eisma of Subic Bay freeport said the tonnes of garbage were loaded overnight on the container ship M/V Bavaria, which left on a 20-day journey to the Canadian port city of Vancouver. She said the move ended a “sordid chapter in our history”. The Bavaria would stop at a Taiwanese port before heading to Canada, she said.
Environmental activists, including those from Greenpeace and EcoWaste Coalition, welcomed the Bavaria’s arrival at Subic Bay, and on Thursday sailed on board a small outrigger with a streamer reading, “Philippines: not a garbage dumping ground!”
“Baaaaaaaaa bye, as we say it,” foreign secretary Teodoro Locsin wrote on Twitter, along with images of the vessel leaving.
Canada’s environment minister Catherine McKenna welcomed the news of the trash being returned, telling reporters on Thursday: “We committed with  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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Jack Sparrow

More countries need to learn from such examples.

warlikeprince

Every so called third world country should do the same. They should stand up to injustice done by developed countries. Many countries including India are victims of same kind of dirty work. In India I don't know if in India there is problem of garbage but there huge so called scrap metal industry where out of commission ships are broken down which is equally harmful. So say no to Garbage of Developed Countries...

Rhett_Bassard

warlikeprince 31-5-2019 04:07 AM
Every so called third world country should do the same. They should stand up to injustice done by de ...

Yes, stop those "Developed Countries" from throwing dead bodies and plastic into the Ganges...

Go after those Developed Countries causing all that Diwali smoke...

And how about your personal vehicle? Is it emission control certified? Is it inspected annually for compliance? Mine is.

Pedro_P

In reality, not all third world or developing countries receive waste or garbage from developed third countries.
There are even countries that have made garbage a profitable business, as in the case of Norway① and Sweden② that import garbage to generate energy.
On the other hand, in many developing countries, there are no good practices on the proper use of garbage or waste, there are only few and small initiatives in this regard.
But, I'm not surprised by Duterte's attitude, the other time, he ordered the destruction of luxury cars③ because they had not paid taxes, when he could have put them in public auction, and thus obtain income instead of destroying them.
Sometimes a little more imagination is needed in the rulers, to obtain profits from a disadvantage or adversity.
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