really, where are these weapons going? unfortunately, you know, the us military is one of the least with the least transparent institutions in the world. you know, we as americans, we have very, very little idea of what's happening in the pentagon. what's happening, the us military, there's almost no civilian oversight. whatever civilian oversight there is, it's usually a joke is just the facade, it's a, has really very little credibility and very little leverage, little effectiveness, congress, right? it doesn't, congress only exercise a superficial kind of built superficial supervisor to supervisory functions over the military. and unfortunately, depended on as a state within the state is little a kind of good, little bit little accountability to the american people. well, the us is the biggest stone of military h 2 as well. republican senator lindsey graham is evidently looking too broad and the conflicts. he said he would take direct statement, iran and its energy infrastructure if hes but the joins besides. and i would tell

ron instead, if hes flaw attacks israel, we're gonna come after you the arrangements and have a coordinated effort between the united states and israel to put our, our, uh, the oil business side as storing the refineries. there are 4 major refineries in are on their fixed targets. it has a lot of taxes. oh, i wouldn't make a wrong, their heavy price. these are empty threats. the u. s. has been off much more than it can choose. the united states is in trouble in europe. it's in trouble with china, and it's in no position to start a new concept in west asia. if the united states really does try to strike a ron, then the retaliation will be very hard hitting and it will drive oil and energy prices through the roof and that will destroy the u. s. economy. so united states political establishment is highly racist. it is very hostile towards the

palestinian people and it shows that by supporting apartheid ethnic cleansing and the concept murder of palestinians literally every day. and usually teenagers find is ray the regime. so the nice easy in no position to accuse iran or anything when the plight of the policy mean people only gets worse. due to the fact that the united states gives this way. we were seeing full support and iran, as well as its regional allies on not and is not and will not be intimidated by the united states. the russian federal security service has opened a criminal case into a full, not russian lawyer. it accuses any and all the cause of engaging in states trees that the phone,

the russian lawyer is known for his common searching violence against most goes on forces on russian citizens. he's also provided legal assistance to the ukrainian military, as well as given financial support on the advocated for kids leadership. he's lived and worked in ukraine. it seems 2021 and joined, keeps territorial defense of the commencement of russia's military operation. in 2023. his status as a russian lawyer was presented as well. you can keep on top of overlay, just global news based by visiting on websites all the dot com all the that was more in just about the hello. i'm a no a chan. you're tuned into modus operandi. there's been great fan fair made over the green movement out here in the west, especially in the way of trash and recycling. but are the numbers reported by the

us and european union, really as good as they found? today? we'll be talking trash, literally, as western states scramble to fulfill their green ambitions will impact all the garbage and find out what's really going on with all that rubbish. talk coming from the politicians. all right, let's get into the m o the by now most of you watching this are familiar with the push to recycle. there are special been colors with special logos printed on them all over the western world. public officials talk about net 0 or carbon neutral recycle. reduce reuse. because western landfills are packed to the gills, especially when it comes to plastics. but what they're not telling you is that less

than 10 percent of plastics that you drop into that blue bin are actually recyclable. and it's not likely staying within your home country. it's been shipped off to a developing nation for them to sort out recycle if possible, and the rest. well, that's also for that country to figure out. meanwhile, western politicians can publicly boast about how good their policies are working. yet in the west, germany, france, wherever around, hey, they're delivering on promises that they made to their constituents. right? ok. so here it's a breakdown. the reality of this garbage is, my guess, worries angle rolling. i'm my guess is a researcher at friends of the earth, malaysia, you can learn more about their work at s o, e dash malaysia dot org. my guess. thank you so much for joining us. first,

talk to us a little bit about the work that you and your group are doing in malaysia and why there is such urgency to address the so called waste trade. okay, um, i'm a senior research officer, me a fence of the explanation and also the consumers association, opening the members of the global alliance for inspect option. and it's in shot record of gaia and also basically from plastic. so in 2017, our organization to die, us project type spots to research on the effects of the street. we were tracking the most one of plastic means globally. so during that time, that was most about continuous of these left in the pots, melisha and also a fun learning china's notification to the world trade organization that happened in the 2017. and the china had informed about the intention to enforce a band on $24.00 types of bass, including plastic missing parts. so we anticipate the testing problems to melisha.

i know we had already questions from the nation, goldman at that time. he tells you that melisha may become the next destination for this space. we did get a response from the department that was in charge. seeing that it had formulated specific rules to control prospect visiting thoughts and they would also impose that stringent requirements on the team is and also import licenses. however, what we find was the control measures and enforcement look for what not adequate them based on based on being and how much you mean of indigo reciting factors in many parts of melisha. especially near the c parts read the wrist was coming to, you know, so this happened in 2018, not only in the nation, but also at the southeast asian countries such as indonesia and payment communities . and so it was most likely organizations in those countries types pop up highlighting the at risk impacts of the risk dumping out on the health and also on

the enlightenment. him, um some of this ways that could not be recycled with just dumped in the more it is and some of the but some of this were intentionally but just to just, you know, because of so much of these they wanted to accommodate up and be blended so besides the evolution blending our soil and now water bodies were also polluted. so this was a really urgent issue to be addressed as we don't want our country to bend the brand of the street, i would say lane was not a dumping. don't know, it seems that offshoring waste is a really big industry. much of the rubbish is coming from western nations and being sent off to still developing nations. many in the asia pacific rim. what sort of impact does this have on the local population like health consequences, perhaps other issues that most people in the west are not aware of. that i must say

the global production and trade of rustic nice going tremendously. you would there be some tickets? the rustic music is mostly treated under the banner of uh, plastic disliking. um, but what we're seeing is a beach and developed countries to actually have the capacity to manage its own waste. shifting debt as wants to be to developing and mostly under be false, countries is village and injustice. you may call this ms. clemmons and so what happens is the recipient countries, as i mentioned much of the plastic is a single use. and also need to know the cycling value already low respecting value . however, it is still the best thing for recycling operations, although not all of those products can be dislike of what we saw in ready be coming into our shows the mix prospects in contamination. these yeah, and this risk cannot be to psycho this, i quote, the single these, those dresses always are the ones that were being dumped openly in the what it is

and then intentionally. but when the races, but the toxic fumes costs, respiratory problems and other elements to the neighboring communities, some separate from breathing difficulties. s must skin problems. and this may also lead to chronic in this, as you know, in the long run. for instance, in sort of by a, indonesia, it was reported that communities were using plastic nice, which had coming in for the before we seem to feel the ups store for making so full of we just have been said, the doubts as well as a phone in it's from chickens with the neighborhood. what we're saying is the costs and button to public health and environment. it's why waste that avenue that put the me gained from reflecting and restrict. uh, another issue that i would like to say is uh that is also what we call cheating prospects. this come in the form of plastics in imports of paper bills,

as i mentioned, what has happened instead of by a and also plastics and electronic and electrical formats. there's also affects always, most of all the text body is actually a lot of fun things, costing us infected materials around the in fi amazed. and then that is also diffuse a due dye fuel this mixed the base which contains about 30 to 50 percent of plastic this. uh, another matter is we also need to consider the impacts of micro plastics. you know, this can be formed during the recycling process and it also, and so you know what, what the bodies and produce our, what the bodies. and what we did was when we were going up in our loan and see um, the munitions pop district coordination events on our own. so it is that has become dumping drones increase in malaysia and um, some of this with not being kit and some of it has the plastic reset. this integrate that. and we found a lot of, uh, micro classics because this uh,

micro plastics from like to see these. so these are some of the issues that we have to one family. yeah. yeah. micro plastics are a very toxic and pervasive problem it's, it's also known to cause reduction of spawn accounts in human males, even animals and, and longer term health problems. so in 2021, there was an ecological crisis that most people didn't hear about because it happened in the throes of the cold it pandemic. a container ship crashed along the coast of sri lanka, spilling nearly 2000 tons of plastic pellets and nearly 10000 tons of toxic chemicals into the ocean water. now, i know this isn't directly a result of the rubbish transfer, but i thought it worth mentioning, especially since plastic pallets are when get melted down to make other plastic goods like water bottles and so forth that people eventually discard into the waste trade. can you tell us what happened with that spill?

okay, um that still happened in may 2021, the combo sheep. the name is the express full. it caught fire outside of the 3 lanka. so after the 1st wave of and pollution due to the fire, the 2nd will be for solutions. the beach us. this once a set of last couple including billions of plastic pellets which um microsoft ac check mentioned just now. uh and this i used to produce plastics. so this incident has been described as the most in the 3 months of history. okay. uh what was on board of the ship, the 1486 shipping from in this office doors. if you want to request a slight s dangerous goods, because they contain nitric acid in hosp folder. um this uh that would be for the to contain a mixture of uh, so little funds of um, boxing it up to the same plastics owing and metals such as net income.

so following the fire, the contents of the continuous prompted to dig into the enlightenment. um, at that time uh, dislike to fishing. before we get to in launch, it is along the costs of uh, 3 months of hundreds of date for those of a phone for being a show and funds and the funds of base feeding us fucking feeding the beaches. so according to the u. s. environmental at least advise the admission in the sheep k, housing $680.00 funds of plastic pallets. so they did a calculation approximately 0.02 names for permit. and that includes with off me a call being said, let's just imagine that if i'm being, although they don't know exactly how much of the sentence leave out, the sheer amount indicates that this is the largest screen in on the court. yeah. and the initial modeling suggested that this incentive not only to, to the 4th line. so what if i'm able to reach indonesia,

melisha and the rest who even to someone? yeah, yeah. so, so although the mess 16 up is not possible to remove all defendants from the enlightenment, and these are expected to have probably teaching fonts defensive. yeah. and right, and let me see that the prospect pollution. it's not understanding it, see what i'm doing and then transport. it is also becoming more common um, in the nature of the chemicals. and i just, it's in the plastic means that the feels will have a wide range of negative effects on the enlightenment and news of to 20 to he wouldn't have to. so, so to learn more about this particular incident and to check up the publication by the international pollutants and the munition network i pin and the center for environmental justice, 3, alaska, and coming up next, missing the mark. the majority of european union states will miss their plastic

recycling goals. find out what they're doing about it. next, we'll discuss it. when we return with maga, safari sign a rolling on said type demo. we'll be right back, the the, [000:00:00;00] the, the welcome back to the m. o. i'm the middle of chance. 2024 is set to be a major election year here in the us. but also for many in the you many parliamentary seats are up for grabs. so politicians are scrambling to meet their promises made,

or at least appear to be making inroads, especially when it comes to going green to my this, why were you sound a rolling? i'm is from friends of the earth, malaysia. she is back with us to discuss it. thank you for staying with us. my guess. so over in the you a new report issued by the european commission. the summer indicates that 19 out of $2782.00 states are at risk of missing their plastics. recycling targets, their collective goal was to recycle 50 percent of their plastic waste. now it doesn't appear that they'll get there by 2025. the you was under pressure ahead of elections next year. it's been documented that since the you set such a vicious climate and environmental goals for themselves, that they are unable to meet, that the new states surreptitiously present. how well they're doing by simply

offshoring. the waste to turkey, turkey has in fact become europe's landfill, taking in some 40 percent of e u. trash, according to bloomberg. what are your thoughts on that? especially on how the politicians are misrepresenting how goods they are on environmental issues. yes, um, uh, not really in the new houses in the us, japan, most of the developed countries, they have a vigilant do separating the risk to really psychos this many was not aware that the base was being transported overseas and was need to developing countries, supports that need to be re psychos. yeah. um, as you had mentioned in the annual has been going on with me and, and relevant to me by shipping the prospect. reese, 2 countries such as the key, which is the issue, the country and not the militia him. and that they would want taking into consideration the ends of this working conditions and also the toxic leakage to nearby communities. we find that this is extremely and just uh,

the english department, other countries, countries too bad, the responsibility of the race, you know, in the name of treat, especially sending out ways to recruit economies that have less ability to manage. importantly is in addition to having a on the plastic miss. mm hm. um, so effective risk management dispute is shouldn't be based on the principles of proximity. you should take responsibility of your own based. so what we have been complaining is for you to take this one, some of the, of the risk that the agenda, the thing. what happened in the october 2022. as i mentioned, we are also members of the big city from plastic movement. this movement and rethink prospect the lions strongly and we'll get it for the in you and export of plastic this outside the european union. you have to but or is it the countries such as booking and also law is to the countries for example,

melisha melisha spoke mistreat coordination and other angles sent letters to the members in the open file even uh, and finally the open parliament and vitamin committee. uh, what is in favor for ben on uh you plastic, music sports and also uh, strongest safeguarding meshes for enjoying plastic mistreatment. yeah. so if we do, it says um they will also she um, you know, transporting the bass to a little, uh a country seem to be a either to be present as all a sudden uh put his entering to reach us. um and uh they had a what that showed that you acknowledged how plastic with exports the loopholes and um you know, when they can dispute exporting. so it goes up once you get a high level of plastic being produced and you know, and also being consumed. and now, so after the war, in january 2053, the parliament adopted its negotiating on the position for approximately are the

governments on the new law duty wise you for us, it is and also control measures for risk treatments. so we hope that all the, um, you know, countries in nations in, in the 6 on consideration of the, you know, the injustice that is happening in the developing countries in, in, in, on, in a, this is part of conditions should, you know, pick a consideration of all these issues and take this once we do off the on these. so when he was putting too, uh, what did he about? how do we present this means, what do we do or what do, how do we treat it? then i know they with me sick upstream meshes by stuffing oh me thing. the production of plastics for decades. china was actually taking in nearly half of the world's plastic waste. suddenly in 2018, the chinese brought an abrupt end to this practice. much of that waste was coming

from the u roughly 55000000 tons of plastics cardboard paper and so forth. it will have nowhere to go. the chinese cited that the mountains of trash were to what they called impure for them to continue to recycle and said that now they are rules for recycling were more stringent than that of the you. now they are only accepting certain paper trash with a total ban on plastics. what do you make of this move by china? yeah, the upfront china for taking this stringent section china was supposed to, but nobody that has to do receive from other countries that would then be psychos. so this is that to mess this and why them into pollution and public health impacts in the host? comedy just processing this important plastic miss. so china responded to cost katrina, it's x by bending the partition across the risk. and it focused on the collection

and reflecting of plus the risk which the generation domestically. yeah. but however of the china and so i'll say it's been nice buffet, seeing how illegal treat in plastic. nice had such them this listing. sprint, 18 and premium criminal groups. i've also sought to exploit the message market disruption prompted by china as decisions have been lusting. this is what's 2 countries in the southeast asia, south asia and eastern europe. they bought the bundle of this uh, moving criminal activity as a prospect. this cheap ones from europe and not america would die with it. our country's m, this is also, if you wanted to buy into parts. yeah. and how does this even go trade happen? it's happens to force declaration of the point, simon, this a, this is not plastic with, so it is um, you know, if those customers would not be inspecting this uh,

lease to. and another thing we also saw indigo reflecting point. once popping up, melisha was me, uh, investors from china were doing it. they were placing without permits. they also used low and technology and, and want them to be home for methods of disposal. and you know, it's what they did was this uh, dumb feed, albany. yeah. and now, you know, it also includes the nice thing in rest, this from china opening up a paper and prospect disliking ones. melisha, you know, was on this one says on site in, so they just the one that has to do a res. so so now we have to buy the brand again from all to air pollution, ashton disposal and i would be, was being polluted. so when one country stops importing then the other countries uh, reading the front of this uh mystery. when we look at the, the business of exporting rubbish, looking at which countries create the waste and later where that trash goes,

there is no denying that the global south is bearing the brunt of what some have characterized as environmental imperialism. you have said waste imperialism, or even colonialism. obviously, trash, climate change, the environment, all of this is a joint and global effort. but our, our, the wealthier nation's simply just subjecting the poor nations to the direct or, or immediate impacts of mounting trash. meaning the wealthy nations get to live on the convenience of using stuff like single use plastics on the backs of the poor. yeah, my short answer is yes. happening um, but then usually once the issue in which any of the industrial invidious pumps it's in our packaging. it's in our codes. it's in our electrical uh, production electronic components. it's literally just in the consumer products. and even in our cars,

so of transportation and construction. so what we need to look at it is like in this case we need to look at plastic. it's in its entirety, him to address plus the pollution across its entire life cycle developed countries . they tend to recycle high quality plastic. oh the with the in that one countries and then the export the know what plastics to developing countries. and this is building our countries with and write them into pollution. it will sort of this, the health of all the communities and forces occupational has its work. us arising from the processing of this materials and you were mentioning it as and monumental imperialism. what you're calling is miss colonialism him. so we need to in this vehicle an example and let them into intervene isn't, may not a dumping down m to. however, if you're just ben plastic, this trait or exports, you don't reducing plastic reduction. it was likely triggered more dumping now and

costs box it pollution. and also this will contribute to the climate crises. so what is needed is a global plastics. tricky to address this issues. so see what's inside the organization and some of the governments have been campaigning for this book. plastics. treaty and last year the united nations and vitamin assembly unanimously adopted a resolution and prospect pollution. so the mandate calls for addressing plastic pollution in all n y them is to a comprehensive approach to addressing the for the plastics life cycle. and so this will also mean in terms of the extraction of costing fields to make this plastics and it's chemicals. yeah, so reviews, the prices of plastic pollution should be a chief from upstream by reducing the overall amount of plastic production. we need to face out and band unnecessary single use plastics and also and recycled with plastic the whole so as to address the flux in plastics. m,

and subsequently the fox, 6 reciting. so um, what we have been calling for is like look at prospects a just and tired life cycle. and um, you know, banning uh plastic main street is one of the options, but you need to also have upstream, anxious to stop production of more plastics. i guess we're a single rolling on thank you so much for your time and expertise. my guess is a researcher at friends of the earth, malaysia, and you can learn more about their work at f o, e dash malaysia dot org. and so as you can see, the green movement isn't exactly what it purports to be. and that's not to say that all efforts are in vain, but we all share this one planet. you can't just shut off your waste to another place and say, i'm doing so good for the environment. that's just lipstick on a pig. so we hope this episode delivered some transparency there. that's going to

do it for this episode of modus operandi the show that digs deep in the foreign policy and current affairs. i'm your host manila chan. thank you so much for tuning, and we'll see you again next time to figure out the m. o. the, [000:00:00;00] the, the mazda attack on israel protocol is

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