After years of campaigning, environmental activists celebrate Thailand's decision to ban all foreign imports of plastic waste, a move expected to stimulate plastic recycling in the country, ensuring more efficient resource usage and reducing the amount of unused plastic waste.
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Thailand verbietet die Einfuhr von Plastikmüll aus dem Ausland

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Nach jahrelangen Kampagnen feiern Umweltaktivisten Thailands Entscheidung, alle ausländischen Importe von Plastikabfällen zu verbieten. Dieser Schritt soll das Kunststoffrecycling im Land ankurbeln und die Menge nicht-reziklierter Abfälle reduzieren.

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