*[Enwl-eng] Rich countries' plastic trash is rotting away in other countries' backyards

[ENWL]

            The US has been sending its plastic waste to poorer countries 
for years. This must end now!

                  Sign Now
                 Each year, the United States produces tens of millions of 
tons of plastic waste — waste that is not recyclable (since most plastics 
are actually impossible to recycle). But most of us don't see these types of 
landfills in our daily lives. So where does it all go? To slowly rot in 
someone else's backyard, specifically in less-wealthy nations such as 
Malaysia, where residents must contend with American trash for generations 
to come. Data from January 20201 shows the U.S. exported 48 million tons of 
"scrap plastic," with much of this ending up in poorer countries. And the 
amount we're producing and exporting has been increasing year over year.

                  This is despite the fact that, in 2019, upwards of 180 
countries around the world — including the United Kingdom, India, China, 
Malaysia, Thailand, and also the European Union — came together to sharply 
curtail this type of "trade" in plastic waste. In particular, they limited 
rich countries from simply dumping their plastic trash on the lands of 
poorer countries. But the U.S. did not participate, and remains one of only 
two countries to not have ratified this accord. Even now, the U.S. is still 
shipping its excessive waste to these countries' borders and simply passing 
the buck, leaving it up to other governments to deal with. The U.S. must 
pass regulations to stop plastic waste from being dumped overseas. Sign the 
petition to demand that Joe Biden and the U.S. Congress work together to 
ratify the Basel Convention and its Plastic Waste Amendments now!

                  Thank you,

                         Miranda
                        The Care2 Petitions Team



                  P.S. This abdication of moral responsibility and "passing 
of the buck" is absolutely despicable. Tell the U.S. to stop saddling other 
countries with our overflowing plastic pollution!








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