supply chains, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic waste are trafficked Countries in the Global North play a significant role in annually, right under the noses of authorities who are this issue, with Europe, the US, Japan and Australia ill-equipped to stop it.3 accounting for the majority of plastic waste exports to 6 Environmental Investigation Agency UN Global Plasti. [...] legislation in place to regulate plastic waste trade and Transshipment refers to the practice of transferring ensure proper end-of-life treatment, plastic waste goods from one mode of transport to another, or from continues to flow from the Global North to the Global one ship to another, while en route to their final South, often under false pretences in violation of the destination.12 Brokers and. [...] ©EIA DIRTY DEALS - PART TWO 13 A lack of traceability At the heart of the global plastic waste trade is a critical lack of transparency, obscuring the volume and types of waste involved and, as such, underestimates the scale of its environmental and social impacts, which is well-documented. [...] A comprehensive and robust transparency framework under the Global Plastics The involvement of intermediaries and the use of Treaty could mandate full disclosure of the transshipment routes further complicate regulatory composition and movement of plastic waste and oversight, underscoring the need for digital recycled materials. [...] The overproduction of plastics is transparency and traceability in the plastic waste trade, overwhelming waste management systems worldwide, a unified global digital tracking system should be particularly in regions that lack the capacity to handle developed and managed collaboratively by the Basel the growing volume of waste.
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- 14 19 24 3
- Executive summary 3
- Introduction 3
- Misdeclarations and non-compliance in plastic waste trade A lack of traceability 3
- A failure in due diligence Conclusion and recommendations References 3
- Executive summary 4
- Introduction 6
- Companies in the Global North are reaping significant profits by exporting their plastic waste to other countries fuelling a growing industry worth tens of billions of dollars. 6
- Misdeclarations and non-compliance in plastic waste trade 8
- A lack of traceability 14
- WASTE ORIGINATOR 15
- OWNER OF WASTE AT TIME OF LOADING Unknown which of these three BROKER IMPORTER 15
- A failure in due diligence 19
- The global plastic waste trade thrives on the exploitation of regulatory gaps weak enforcement and a lack of transparency. 24
- Conclusion and recommendations 24
- References 26
