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A Malaysian town smothered by rubbish
Graham Watson
14th February 2019
And this is where much of the plastic waste generated both in the West and in China, ends up. The town of Jenjarom in Malaysia has become the epicentre of the illegal plastic recycling industry, and as a result is having to deal with sizeable negative externalities.
Plastic pollution: One town smothered by 17,000 tonnes of rubbish https://t.co/6EbNs0H1R0
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 13, 2019
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