Recycled Plastic in Malaysia

This is another link with our work on the geographies of our stuff, and the globalised nature of the world. We are connected in many ways.

The Mirror has a piece today on Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's latest campaign. He is exploring the places that our recycled plastic goes. It turns out, shock horror, that some of it isn't actually recycled, just sent to a poorer part of the world. Remember the e-waste we explored that wasn't supposed to be exported but was...
There is a forthcoming programme with Hugh and Anita Rani on this issue in early June.

And some countries are preparing to send the waste back... "Return to Sender"
It's not just the UK doing this of course, remember that too.
And finally, we even have connections between our parts of the curriculum...

Look at this tweet here:

Plastic collected throughout the region will be used to create a dance arena in the Shangri-La area at this year's Glastonbury Festival in a collaboration between Orca Sound Project, Shangri-La and Keep Britain Tidy, who are aiming to collect 10 tonnes of waste.

— Lego Lost At Sea (@LegoLostAtSea) May 31, 2019