Britain may have to take back hundreds of tonnes of unwanted plastic waste from Malaysia after the country’s environment minister said it would not be treated as the world’s “dumping ground”.
Yeo Bin Yin singled out the UK for criticism while threatening to return as much as 3,000 tonnes of low-quality plastic to at least 14 countries.
She said that 60 containers of contaminated waste had been smuggled illegally into the country.
It follows a Telegraph investigation last October which revealed widespread illegal dumping in the South East Asian country of British plastic waste that should have been recycled.
On Tuesday the body that represents recyclers in the UK said rogue operators should be…