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Fighting the Hazards of Waste: The Basel Convention and the Third World
By: Martin Ciglenecki
Early Environmentalism
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT
AGENCY“Trademark of Stichting Greenpeace Council”
“As long as there are plenty of sites, the market cost of dumping such wastes will be low. As public opposition to dumps grows, the number of sites available for new dumps will decline, and there will be greater competition to dispose of toxics at the remaining sites. This will drive dumping costs up because of the “scarcity” of space relative to demand. Producers may look for alternatives such as shipping the toxics to foreign countries.”
Lipschutz, Ronnie D
Khian Sea, 1986
In 1986, the Khian Sea went to sea in search of a disposal site for 14, 000 metric tons of toxic incinerator ash which contained high levels of lead and cadmium. After searching five continents and changing its name twice, it dumped part of its contents on a beach in Haiti and the rest somewhere between the Suez Canal and Singapore
Failure of the Basel Convention in the Third
World
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Diethyl Ether
Secretariat of the Convention: Katherine Kummer
E-Waste in the Third World
CRT “Recycling”
CRT Recycling company was sending several thousand cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors to Indonesia for dumping, under the guise of being a recycling company.
Prior Informed Consent
Poverty and Prior Informed Consent
Poverty and Dept in Relation to Prior Informed Consent
“We Need the Money”
Enforcing Law and Order Within the Convention
“Money, Money, Money, Money”
Water Supplies in the Third World