Since China stopped accepting recycling from the US, activists say they have observed plastic waste piling up in developing countries. The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (Gaia), a backer of the deal, says it found villages in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia that had “turned into dumpsites over the course of a year”.

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Nearly all the world's countries sign deal to stem flow of plastic waste into poor nations – exce...

Deal will improve handling of plastic waste and prevent it from getting washed or dumped into oceans and rivers, UN says

186 countries will now start combating harmful plastic waste with the notable exception of the United States

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Almost every country in the world agrees deal to cut plastic pollution – except US

‘Countries have decided to do something which will translate into real action,’ says UN leader