European Garbages Export to Fakir Countries

13.10.2009 Atlas

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It has become an international business arm that is increasingly growing to export garbage illegally from Europe to poor countries.

[[T]] The company’s new environmental laws are minimizing expenses such as garbage tax and recycling, resulting in the growth of illegal exports. The port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, one of the most dense ports of Europe, was the crossing gate for garbage sites in China, Indonesia, India and Africa. When shipping to the legally recycling centers in the garbage trade continues, a large part is also sent to other refugees in illegal ways. According to the figures of the European Environmental Agency, the amount of paper, plastic and metal trash exported annually from Europe increased ten times between 1995-2007. (Source: Wheat Association) [

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