The world is drowning in single-use plastic. Sea turtles strangled by six-pack rings and whales with bellies full of discarded plastic show that it’s a marine pollution problem. But the problem really starts on land.

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ELAW partners are celebrating a big victory for an enormous forest complex which includes Sri Lanka’s largest national park – Wilpatthu National Park – and contiguous forests that are home to many threatened species, including leopards, elephants, sloth bears, and migratory birds.

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ELAW partners at the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) have been fighting, for more than one year, to have foreign waste sent back to the UK and hold polluters accountable.

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This month, the Centre for Environmental Justice in Sri Lanka announced back to back wins to enforce existing environmental protections.

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Last week, ELAW partners in South Africa shared their latest victory: South Africa’s Constitutional Court slammed one door shut on plans to build a new coal mine inside an Mpumalanga Protected Area.

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In May, more than 100 shipping containers filled with waste from the United Kingdom (UK) arrived at the port city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. ELAW partners at the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) are fighting to have the waste sent back to the UK and hold polluters accountable. A report from The Guardian says the leaking containers have an unbearable stench and may contain human remains.

ELAW Advocate, Summer 2015