Government quietly made ‘back door’ agreement with U.S. that could undermine treaty on plastic waste | CBC News

The Trudeau government quietly signed a protocol with the U.S. on October 26 that will allow Canada to continue to ship plastic waste to American waste brokers — opening a ‘back door’ that will allow it to evade the plastic waste shipping restrictions the federal government committed to under the Basel Treaty plastic ban.

Source: Government quietly made ‘back door’ agreement with U.S. that could undermine treaty on plastic waste | CBC News

The Basel Convention: http://www.basel.int/Implementation/Plasticwaste/Overview/tabid/8347/Default.aspx

 

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