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Ship carrying waste arrives back in Canada from the Philippines

cde.news desk 30 June 2019, 06:30 · 1 min read

epa07613898 Cargo ship MV Bavaria sails into the sea after loading Canadian waste at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo city, north of Manila, Philippines, 31 May 2019. Reports state that waste material that came from Canada in batches in the years 2013 and 2014 are shipped back to Canada by the MV Bavaria from Subic port on 31 May. Following more than a month of intense pressure exerted by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Canadian government agreed to take over the costs for the repatriation of its waste, some 2,450 tons of garbage. EPA-EFE/JUN DUMAGUING

A ship carrying 69 containers of waste mislabeled as plastic recyclables returned to Canada on Saturday from the Philippines.

The incident sparked a diplomatic dispute and the prospect of an armed conflict.

The 69 containers arrived at GCT Deltaport, near the city of Vancouver, where the contents are set to be incinerated in the next several days.

The garbage had prompted Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw diplomats from Canada and threaten the country with war after Canada failed to retrieve the waste by a May 15 deadline.

A Philippine court had ordered the repatriation after it emerged that the garbage had been mislabeled as recyclable plastics before it left Canada in 2013 and 2014.

Canada agreed to take the waste back in late May.

Via CBC

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Ship carrying waste arrives back in Canada from the Philippines

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