11 Aug 2022 --- Two independent freelance journalists have reported being attacked, threatened with death and having their media equipment confiscated while investigating allegations of illegal recycling operations in an industrial area in Türkiye for a Gezegen24 news article. Environmental groups have warned that attacks on journalists investigating the alleged illegal management of material waste are increasingly common worldwide. Meanwhile, some Western nations have been accused of supporting suspect recycling businesses with plastic waste exports. Greenpeace recently described this activity as a new form of “colonialism.”
