Dow Inc, a US petrochemicals big, and the Singapore authorities had stated, they had been remodeling outdated sneakers into playgrounds and working tracks, however the sneakers had been as an alternative exported for resale.
(Reuters)
Indonesia will tighten
customs checks at small ports to crackdown on the unlawful import
of second-hand sneakers,
responding to a Reuters report that discovered footwear donated to a
recycling scheme in Singapore was shipped to Indonesia.
In an announcement titled “dismantling the scandal of illegal imports of used shoes”, Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry stated on Monday that because of the Reuters story it might improve checks at ports to intercept any unlawful second-hand shoe shipments.
“This incident shows that the illegal import of used shoes is carried out in an organised manner and misuses social projects,” Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita was quoted as saying within the assertion.
“The practice of illegal importation of used shoes must be stopped because it has a bad impact on the domestic footwear industry.”
The ministry can also be proposing new incentives for native footwear producers importing uncooked supplies for his or her companies, and imposing tighter laws on companies importing textiles, the assertion stated.
Dow and Sport Singapore apologised
A six-month Reuters investigation printed on February 25 discovered
that ten pairs of sneakers the news company donated to a recycling
scheme run by US petrochemicals big Dow and the Singapore
authorities had been exported for resale in Indonesia.
Reuters reporters, utilizing location trackers hidden contained in the
soles of sneakers, recovered sneakers it donated in Singapore at
second-hand items markets within the Indonesian capital Jakarta and
on Batam, an island 19 km south of Singapore.
In 2015, Indonesia banned the import of second-hand clothes
and footwear over issues about hygiene, in addition to to guard
the native textile trade.
In July 2021, Dow and Sport Singapore, a authorities company,
launched a programme to grind down outdated sneakers with rubberised
soles into granules for use to make new jogging tracks and
playgrounds. The public donated tens of hundreds of sneakers to
the scheme.
On February 27, two days after the Reuters story was printed, Dow and Sport Singapore issued an announcement apologising to the general public for a “lapse” in its provide chain which had led to some sneakers meant for recycling being shipped to Indonesia.
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Source: Reuters
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