Duterte to Western countries: ‘Do not make us a garbage dump’

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/08/21/20190521_canada-garbage-gc.jpg"/><figcaption>The Philippines is one of a few Southeast Asian countries taking a stand against the practice of industrialized nations sending their waste to Asia. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday warned Western countries not to treat the Philippines as their trash bin.&quot;I’d like to say to the Western countries, do not make us a garbage dump,&quot; he said during the inauguration of a solar power project in Romblon.&quot;You might be more powerful, more and more developed and rich. But your wealth does not translate into something like making other nations . . . api-api.&quot;The Philippines recently returned a shipload of garbage illegally exported to the country by Canada, a few years after the shipment arrived in Manila.The Canadian waste, marked as recyclable scrap, consisted of household trash, plastic bottles and bags, newspapers and used adult diapers.&quot;We had that experience of Canada and the rest of the industrialized countries exporting their garbage in the guise of ‘yung magamit mo pa,&quot; he said.&quot;Kaya ‘yung Canada nagpadala ng basura about so many years ago at ayaw kunin. Kaya sinabi ko, &#x27;P***** i** mo, ibubuhos ko ‘yan sa pantalan mo. Ayaw ninyong maniwala? Subukan ninyo.&#x27; &quot;The Philippines is one of a few Southeast Asian countries taking a stand against the practice of industrialized nations sending their waste to Asia.

The Philippines is one of a few Southeast Asian countries taking a stand against the practice of industrialized nations sending their waste to Asia.

The Philippines is one of a few Southeast Asian countries taking a stand against the practice of industrialized nations sending their waste to Asia.

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Duterte to Western countries: ‘Do not make us a garbage dump’

Duterte to Western countries: ‘Do not make us a garbage dump’

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Published Aug 22, 2019 01:44 AM PHT

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