Global plastic waste crackdown

The World

The World’s host Marco Werman talks with Filipino activist Von Hernandez about a breakthrough international agreement to restrict the export of unrecyclable plastic waste from places like the US. That waste is increasingly creating toxic hot spots in the developing world where it’s often dumped and burned.

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