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Is A Blanket Ban The Solution for Plastic Waste Smuggling?

C.C. Cheah, Vice President, Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA)

03-Jun-19 07:45

Is A Blanket Ban The Solution for Plastic Waste Smuggling?

Plastic associations disagree with NGO's which have suggested an imposition of a "plastic waste ban"to stop the problem of illegal plastic smuggling.

The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) and the Malaysia Plastic Recyclers Association (MPRA) make a case for not having a total ban on plastic waste imports.

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Sharidz Abdullah, Julian Ng


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