Africa a dumping ground for polluting, unsafe used cars, reveals UN report

Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the US and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, while they also contribute significantly to air pollution, thereby hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, states a new report published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report shows that between 2015 and 2018, 14-million used light-duty vehicles were exported worldwide. 

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