Canadian garbage wrongly dumped in the Philippines is coming home | CBC News
Canada has made an offer to the Philippines to repatriate six
dozen shipping containers full of rotting garbage that were erroneously
shipped there six years ago, the federal environment minister said
today.
dozen shipping containers full of rotting garbage that were erroneously
shipped there six years ago, the federal environment minister said
today.
“This is a file we’ve certainly been working hard on for a
long time — obviously an irritant in our relationship with the
Philippines, but also a problem,” Catherine McKenna told reporters in
Ottawa Thursday.
“We’ve had a team that’s been working extremely
hard, including from Environment and Climate Change Canada, to find a
solution. I am not going to go into the details but there is a proposal
on the table with the Philippines and we are hopeful we can come to a
resolution.”