Malaysia Recycle Scraps

Officers from Malaysia’s Ministry of Environment examine a container full of nonrecyclable plastic scraps from China that was detained Tuesday by authorities at the west port in Klang. Malaysia environment minister Yeo Bee Yin says Malaysia has become a dumping ground for the world’s plastic waste, and the country has begun sending nonrecyclable plastic scrap to the developed countries of origin. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)