1,400 Tons of Plastic Waste Dumped in Philippines Returns to Korea

1,400 tons of the misdeclared plastic waste has been returned to Pyeongtaek International Port, South Korea, in 51 shipping containers.

At the port, Mikyoung Kim, Greenpeace campaigner, said “The Environment Ministry needs to tabulate the amount of plastic consumption by each company and come up with practical targets to lower plastic use."

The company falsely declared the waste as recyclable “plastic synthetic flakes” in July and in October. But the waste turned out to include single-use plastics mixed with household garbage. 5100 tons of the waste still stranded in Midanao.