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Plastic Litter is Carrying Toxic Chemicals

Wednesday, 2 November 2022 - 11:33am

It has been estimated that 4.8-12.7 million tonnes of plastics enter the oceans every year. Plastics are made from carbon and chemicals and many of the chemicals can leach out from the plastics -- this means that plastic litter can act as carriers of toxic chemicals to remote regions.

Read our factsheet on the global spread of chemicals from plastics.

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Dioxin Experts Present Studies on Health Threats from Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Research on PFAS and brominated dioxins shows ongoing health threats from toxic chemicals
Tuesday, 11 October 2022

New Orleans - At the Dioxin 2022 Conference beginning here on October 9, Dr. Jindrich Petrlik will present a recent study that demonstrates the failure of using high temperature approaches to eliminate wastes that contain the “forever chemicals” PFAS, and Valeriya Grechko will present another recent paper that found high levels of brominated dioxins in recycled plastic products purchased in eleven African, Arabic, and Latin American countries.

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No Compensation to Sri Lanka for Disastrous Plastic Spill

Monday, 12 September 2022

In May 2021, the X-Press Pearl cargo ship caught fire near the Colombo Harbor (about 9.5 nautical miles away from the shoreline) of Sri Lanka with container loads of hazardous chemicals on board. The spill and resulting chemical pollution are considered the worst man-made maritime disaster to have struck Sri Lanka.

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IPEN Group Joins AMCEN Meeting in Senegal

Monday, 12 September 2022 - 2:09pm

A delegation of IPEN members are joining the resumed eighteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Dakar, Senegal this week, under the theme: “Ensuring the well-being of populations and ensuring environmental sustainability in Africa".

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Australia’s ‘trojan horse’ plastics waste policy fuels toxic trade across Asia

Monday, 28 February 2022 - 3:02pm

Press release for Plastic Waste Fuels reports.

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Plastic Waste Fuels: Summary

Monday, 28 February 2022 - 2:57pm

IPEN studies show how policy is driving massive investment in plastic waste-to-fuel processing, and that exports are threatening waste management in ASEAN countries and undermining the Basel Convention and climate change commitments.

Key Points

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Process Engineered Fuel: Fuel product or plastic waste export in disguise?

Monday, 28 February 2022 - 2:49pm

National Report on PEF Importation and Use in the Philippines

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Malaysia: Repackaged Waste Imports

Monday, 28 February 2022 - 2:47pm

Case Study of Processed Engineered Fuel

This paper documents the trade of Australian Processed Engineered Fuel (including Refuse Derived Fuel and/or Waste Derived Fuel) exported to Malaysia. In particular the paper will expound on ResourceCo, an Australian company which produces “fuels” from waste and has an alternative fuel processing plant in Ipoh, in the state of Perak, Malaysia.

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Refuse-Derived Fuel in Indonesia

Monday, 28 February 2022 - 2:43pm

From the introduction:

Since the early 1990s, the production of alternative fuels has become a quite popular waste management option in different countries. Solid Recover Fuel (SRF) is considered as a complementary intervention to preparing the residual waste stream for material recovery or disposal in landfills. The treatment processes that produce waste-derived fuels have been widely implemented in some countries.

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