The Canadian government has made a formal offer to retrieve over 100 of containers of garbage from the Philippines nearly six years after they were sent there.
The garbage containers were shipped to Manila, the Filipino capital, in 2013 and 2014.
They were labelled as plastics to be recycled.
But it was soon discovered that the containers were also stocked with kitchen trash and adult diapers.
Late last month the president of the Philippines said he would declare war against Canada if the garbage were not collected.
Now the Canadian government has offered to have the trash returned to the Port of Vancouver.
It comes as the Philippines has ordered its Bureau of Customs to get the containers back on a ship bound for Canada no later than May 15.
Global Affairs Canada spokesman Adam Austen said Canada has not yet received a formal reply to the offer but tweeted that the garbage would be on boats by May 15 "no ifs or buts".
With files from Canadian Press
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