Trash in Philippines to Be Sent Back to Canada, Hong Kong, Korea

Philippines, Malaysia pushing back against accumulating wastes
Canada hired 3 shipping companies to take back garbage

An environmentalist holds a photo of a container of garbage from Canada near Manila on May 24.Photographer: Bullit Marquez/AP Photo

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By Andreo Calonzo

May 29, 2019 at 12:28 PM UTC

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Canada has agreed to pay for the return of 69 container vans of garbage it shipped to the Philippines six years ago after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to dump it in Canadian waters.

Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin said garbage dumped by Australia, South Korea and Hong Kong will be the next ones to go.