Malaysia is returning 42 shipping containers of illegally imported plastic waste to the UK, its environment minister has announced.
Yeo Bee Yin said Malaysia would take "steps to ensure" the country "does not become the garbage dump of the world".
Malaysia said a total of a total of 3,737 metric tonnes of unwanted waste had been sent back to 13 countries, including 43 containers to France, 42 to the UK, 17 to the United States, and 11 to Canada.
The authorities hope to send back another 110 containers by the middle of 2020 - with 60 of those going to the US.
This latest news come on the back of numerous measures taken by Asian countries in recent years (e.g. China's ban on plastic waste imports) to stop Whitey from hiding all His pollutants and toxic mess in other people's countries.