'We saved our town from your Western plastic rubbish'

Name: 'We saved our town from your Western plastic rubbish'
Uploaded: 2019-02-13T06:24:35.000Z
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Description: How one small Malaysia town became a dumping ground for the world's waste.

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When illegal factories sprang up around Jenjarom in Malaysia, a group of villagers decided to fight back.

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Asia

13 February 2019