Sri Lanka returns 21 containers with hazardous waste back to UK

Sri Lanka has shipped back 21 containers of recycled waste to the UK after they were found to contain hazardous material. The containers were supposed to carry only used mattresses, carpeting and rugs, but they also contained hospital waste, plastic and polythene, said officials. The containers arrived in Colombo in 2017 and 2018 and left Sri Lanka on Saturday.