UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

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By mmillikinOct 28, 2020, 6:30 am330 pts
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).…

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