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Illegal exported waste being shipped back to Canada
The "Bavaria" carrying tonnes of rubbish dumped in the Philippines by Canada more than five years ago, causing a festering diplomatic row, has left Subic Bay on May 3, 2019, with 69 containers filed with rotting waste which were loaded on board in the morning. The ship then embarked on a 20-day journey to Vancouver, B.C. Environmental activists, including those from Greenpeace and EcoWaste Coalition, welcomed the "Bavaria"'s arrival at Subic Bay, and on May 30 sailed on board a small outrigger with a streamer reading, "Philippines: not a garbage dumping ground!" Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte had threatened to forcibly ship back the rubbish, which officials said was transported to the Philippines in 103 containers in 2013 to 2014, and falsely declared as recyclable plastic scraps. Several containers of the rubbish had been disposed of, including in a landfill, leaving 69 containers of electrical and household waste, including used diapers, rotting in two Philippine ports. The Philippine government recalled its ambassador and consuls in Canada earlier this month over Ottawa's failure to comply with a May 15 deadline to take back the waste. Philippine customs officials inspected cargo containers containing tonnes of garbage shipped by Canada at Manila port The return of the rubbish removes a six-year thorn in relations between the two countries, especially under Duterte, who took office in mid-2016. The countries had sought to resolve the problem for years, with Trudeau saying in 2017 that legal issues preventing the return of the garbage had been resolved. The return, however, was delayed by other issues despite Canadian assurances of its willingness to take back the garbage that Trudeau said was shipped to Manila in a private commercial transaction. Canada's Environment Minister Catherine McKenna welcomed the news of the rubbish being returned on May 30: "We committed with the Philippines and we're working closely with them." Report with photos: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/philippines-ships-69-containers-dumped-rubbish-canada-190531012335944.html
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