05 Jan 2022 --- The German government is announcing it will repatriate plastic waste illegally exported to Turkey, in what environmental groups are hailing a triumph for the power of media pressure and public activism. Following a year-long saga that saw 141 containers of waste land in Turkey and either left to spoil or, in some cases, sent further afield to East Asia, the German government has made a U-turn on its refusal to accept responsibility for the exports.
