RIO DE JANEIRO, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Containers with garbage inside imported from Britain into Brazil, which were discovered over the past months, will be sent back, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday.
He referred to the 89 containers, which were imported from February to May and detected in different states of Brazil. The garbage inside weighed over 1,400 tons.
"We are going to send all garbage back. We don't want to import garbage from anyone as we don't want to send our garbage anywhere," Lula said.
According to import documents, the containers were supposed to only have plastic scraps for recycling, but they actually contained domestic and hospital garbage, as well as parts of worn-out computers.
Lula said the Brazilian police will investigate the incident and punish those responsible.
He also said Brazil will inform Britain of the incident, and criticized the fact that even though
Britain is sending its garbage to Brazil, it still pressures Brazil to preserve its environment.
The British government announced Thursday that three people suspected of playing a role in the garbage exports have been arrested in Swindon of southern England.
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