Greenpeace has revealed a 60% increase in UK waste exports to Turkey between 2022 and 2023, with declines in the amount of garbage sent reversing at speed. The international NGO analysed statistics kept by global trade data platform UN Comtrade. The recorded figures showed that the UK was the largest exporter of waste to Turkey in 2023 at 140,907 tonnes dispatched. That compared to a low of 87,900 tonnes in 2022 that followed the peak in 2020. The first five months of 2024 already show a fresh acceleration in waste exports, Greenpeace said. The scandal of UK waste exports to Turkey sprung to p…