Containers filled with Italian waste that were illegally imported into Tunisia are loaded on to a ship to be returned to the Italian port of Salerno from the Mediterranean port city of Sousse. All photos: AFP
Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the North African country's environment ministry said.
The containers were imported by a Tunisian company that falsely claimed that the household waste - banned from import - was plastic scrap for recycling.
A Tunisian customs officer takes notes as containers filled with illegally imported Italian waste are shipped back.
Containers filled with Italian waste illegally imported into Tunisia are loaded onto a ship.
A Tunisian customs officer inspects containers filled with illegally imported Italian waste before they are returned to Salerno.
Containers filled with waste illegally imported into Tunisia from Italy are loaded aboard a freighter for their return trip.
