A conference in Indonesia on the International Waste Trade, ended without breaking a 14 year impasse over the sale of hazardous waste across borders. The five day conference ended with a coalition of countries again stalling the ban proposals.

The Indonesian delegate, Angus Purnomo said, “The problem is we have almost a dozen countries, which governs the international movement of waste to produce the ban. So far only 62 of the necessary 130 countries have ratified the proposed amendment.