Korean Waste in Mindanao

Bureau of Customs Region 10 Port Collector John Simon shows the contents of one of the 60 container vans that have been loaded with garbage that will be sent back to South Korea at the Mindanao International Container Port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

Unique identifier: GP0STUJY3

Type: Image

Shoot date: 24/01/2020

Locations: Asia, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Manman Dejeto / Greenpeace

Size: 4500px × 3000px 2MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Repatriation of South Korean Waste from Philippines

At the jubilant “return to sender” ceremony held at the Mindanao International Container Terminal, representatives from environmental groups joined with the Bureau of Customs-Region 10 Port Collector John Simon and other public officials in celebrating the re-export of the first 60 container vans of contaminated plastic waste from South Korea in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental where more than 5,000 tons of such wastes have been sitting since 2018.

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