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Over 1,000 scrap containers to be re-exported from HCM City
Approximately 1,100 containers of waste at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City will be re-exported after failing to meet Vietnam’s import requirements, the Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City said on September 18.
Cambodia ships back 83 plastic waste-filled containers to US, Canada
The Cambodian General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on September 17 announced that all the 83 containers of plastic waste illegally imported into the country have been returned to their originating countries – the US and Canada.
Vietnam wavers between allowing and prohibiting scrap paper imports
It is highly possible that Vietnam will fail to implement the plan on exporting $1 billion worth of paper in 2018.
Vietnam vows to prevent waste imports, salvage domestic scrap sources
VietNamNet Bridge - The government is controlling illegal waste imports with a heavy hand, forcing the re-export of substandard scrap imports.
Waste: key raw material for recycling industry
VietNamNet Bridge - The demand for waste as the input material for the recycling industry in Vietnam has increased by 10-20 percent per annum.
Vietnam may set barriers to prevent waste imports
VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly is considering installing barriers and putting strict control over the imports before Vietnam turns into the waste ground for developed countries.
NA debates impact of waste imports
VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday (Feb 20) debated the issue of waste imports while discussing the revised Environment Law at the 25th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
