Tag: toxic waste
The “Raging River” unites struggles against waste disposal and Biocide in Campania
By Salvatore Paolo De Rosa On the 16th of November, thousands of people are expected to join together in the Southern city of Naples, Italy, during one of the biggest demonstrations …
The sinking shipping industry: dream or nightmare?
By Nick Meynen. Warren Buffet is bearish on the shipping industry. The Economist blames all sorts of green regulations for their troubled waters. But while the industry presents itself as green and …
The Toxic Truth about Trafigura and the total lack of environmental justice
By Nick Meynen. The story of Trafigura in Abidjan is well on its way to the darker side of the history books, somewhere alongside Union Carbide in Bhopal, Shell in Nigeria …
Policy recommendations on shipbreaking – now in use in Basel
Our second 2-page briefing paper with policy recommendations – this time on shipbreaking – has just been published in our resource library. As we speak, it is being used in …
Shipbreaking: European waste disposal causing conflicts. Case study from India shows shipbreaking is toxic waste disposal
Shipbreaking in Alang-Sosiya (India), the world’s largest shipbreaking yard, causes waste disposal conflicts. The European Commission’s proposal for a ship recycling regulation launched in March 2012 serves to illustrate that the EU wants to avoid such conflicts. However, …
