Article 4JS69 Indonesia sends rubbish back to Australia and says it's too contaminated to recycle

Indonesia sends rubbish back to Australia and says it's too contaminated to recycle

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Kate Lamb in Jakarta and Adam Morton
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Indonesian officials say containers of paper contaminated by electronic waste, used cans and plastic bottles

Indonesia says it will immediately send eight containers of household rubbish back to Australia after inspectors declared the material too contaminated to be recycled.

It is the latest in a series of announcements by south-east Asian nations that they will not be dumping grounds for overseas waste.

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