The UK’s Dirty Secret
The UK's plastic waste export system is fundamentally failing and, without immediate political intervention, the environmental, social and economic consequences will only deepen.
Tag: global-plastic-waste-trade
Financial Crime Risks in the Plastic Waste Trade
The global plastic waste trade has become a conduit for financial crime, with criminals and organised crime groups exploiting regulatory loopholes to engage in fraud, bribery and money laundering under the guise of recycling.
Falling Apart at the Seams
The story of textile waste is not just about discarded clothes – it’s about a global system that shifts the burden of pollution from rich nations to poorer ones under the guise of charity and recycling.
Dirty Deals – Part Two
The global plastic waste trade is an environmental disaster hiding in plain sight, fuelling organised crime, working conditions that amount to human rights violations and devastation to human health and the environment.
Dirty Deals – Part One
Evidencing illegalities in the global plastic waste trade. In the first of this two-part report, we reveal the latest scam: exploiting the UK‘s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for packaging recycling with discarded wheelie bins. Despite the efforts of law enforcement agencies to track and dismantle illegal operations, the ongoing consequences of illegal trade inflicts devastating harm to human health and the environment.