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The Darker Side of Dutch Colonialism: Exporting Plastic Waste Is Plastic Pollution Trafficking
Summary
Researchers argue that the Netherlands and other EU nations exporting plastic waste to non-OECD countries are effectively trafficking pollution, shifting the environmental burden of plastic contamination — including microplastics — onto less wealthy nations that lack the infrastructure to manage it safely.
In 2021, the European Union (EU) was the largest exporter of plastic waste in the world, followed by the United States and Japan. Within the EU, the Netherlands, with a population of just 18 million, was the largest exporter of plastic waste to non-OECD countries,...