US plastic waste let into country after passing new UN test

Malaysia has allowed in a container of plastic waste from the United States after finding that it held only clean, recyclable material, and did not violate a brand-new United Nations treaty that bans trade in contaminated plastics.

Signatories to the Basel Convention, which came into force on Jan 1, may only trade plastic waste if it is clean, sorted, and easy to recycle - unless the importing country has granted an exemption...