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| Proposed waste law to officially turn India into global waste destination: Environmentalists |
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| Environmentalists Applaud Sony Recycling Announcement |
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| 16 August 2007 (San Jose, CA) -
Environmentalists today applauded Sony USA's announcement that they are launching an electronics takeback program across the United States next month. Sony has stated that they will take back any used product with Sony's name on it, at no cost to consumers, and will eventually reach a goal of recycling a pound of old electronics for every new pound of products sold. Sony, which has the largest market share of television sales in the US, is the first consumer electronics company to make such a commitment in this country.
Read the Press Release - 8-16-07 |
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| Research Identifies U.S. Electronic Waste as Likely Source of Toxic Jewelry Imports from China |
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| 11 July 2007 (Ashland, Ohio.) - For Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer, a professor of chemistry at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, a trip to a local dollar store to buy jewelry samples for his class to analyze, turned into a year-long research project on the global trade in toxic products. The research, soon to be published in two papers in the journal Chemosphere, identifies electronic solders from electronic waste and old car batteries as likely sources for the lead that has been recently discovered in trinket and charm jewelry samples imported from China.
by Ashland University and Basel Action Network
Read the Press Release - 7-11-07
Images ©2007 Stuart Isett/www.isett.com |
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Additional Press:
Why Lead in Toy Paint? It's Cheaper - 9-7-07
Toxic-waste jewellery may be on sale in NZ - 8-8-07
Lead Toxins Take a Global Round Trip - 7-12-07
Articles:
Chemosphere Article (gally proofs) available at www.ashland.edu/~jweiden
Weidenhamer, J.D., Clement, M.L.
“Leaded Electronic Waste is a Possible Source Material for Lead-Contaminated Jewelry” Chemosphere (2007) doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.023
Weidenhamer, J.D., Clement, M.L.
“Evidence of Recycling Lead Battery Waste into Highly Leaded Jewelry” Chemosphere (2007) doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.005
Basel Action Network "Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia" |
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| Government of Chile Urged Not to Dump Warships |
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| 2 July 2007 (Brussels, Belgium.) - The NGO Platform on Shipbreaking, a coalition of human rights and environmental groups working to prevent environmentally damaging and exploitive shiprecycling, has discovered that two decommissioned Chilean frigates (former UK navy vessels) named the Almirante Cochrane (formerly the HMS Antrim) and the Capitan Prat (formerly the HMS Norfolk) are soon to be sold on the international ship scrap market.
Read the Press Release - 7-2-07 |
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| Study Reveals Ghost Fleet to be Constantly Discharging Toxins |
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| 19 June 2007 (Seattle, WA.) - In an article this Sunday, the California newspaper Contra Costa Times revealed that the "ghost fleet" ships have lost 25% of their toxic paints and that high levels of toxic heavy metal contamination of the waters and sediments have accumulated beneath and near the Suisun Bay ex-naval ship "parking lot" in Northern California.
Read the Press Release - 6-19-07
 Click here to view the study (33MB)
Photo by Karl Mondon (Contra Costa Times) |
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| Toxic Ghost Fleet Ship Export to UK Stopped |
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| 31 May 2007 (Seattle, WA., Washington, DC) - The Bush Administration's plans to export nine ex-naval “Ghost Fleet” vessels from the James River in Virginia to Teesside, England for scrapping has itself been finally scrapped, according to the Able UK company.
Read the Press Release - 5-31-07 |
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Additional Press:
Revised deal ends one of fights over ghost fleet - 6-2-07
No more 'ghost fleet' ships to be sent to England for scrapping - 6-1-07
No more 'ghost fleet' ships will be sent to Britain for scrapping - 6-1-07
British firm loses contract to dismantle nine US 'ghost ships - 5-31-07
Export of Toxic Ghost Ships to UK Ended - 5-31-07 |
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Asia-Pacific Cautions Against Waste Dumping Through
Trade Pacts |
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| 24 May 2007 (Bangkok, Thailand) - Asia-Pacific countries yesterday stated that developing countries should not become dumping grounds for hazardous wastes, and that trade agreements in particular should not be used in such a way as to undermine existing environmental treaties, such as the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes.
Read the Press Release - 5-24-07
Photo by Gigie Cruz (GAIA) |
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Coalition Press Release:
Citizen Groups Flag 3R Initiative Concerns to ADB - 5-7-07
Asian Groups Slam Japan's Waste Colonialism- 5-2-07 |
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| Greens react to Steve Job's Statement on Apple's Environmental Commitments |
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| 2 May 2007 (Cupertino) - Just a week before Apple's annual meeting - where shareholders will vote on two shareholder-sponsored resolutions pushing Apple to do better on e-waste recycling and green product design - Steve Jobs issued a statement today about Apple's environmental record and future plans.
Read the Press Release - 5-2-07
Image ©2007 Stuart Isett/www.isett.com |
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Unheard Voices of Alang Workers & their Families:
Blue Lady does not profit the people & should be recalled
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15 March 2007 (Delhi) - The updated version of the report entitled "End of Life Ships - the human cost of breaking ships" was released today in Hindi (Majdhar Me Jeevan) by the Platform on Shipbreaking, a global coalition of environmental, human and labour rights organisations.
Click here to read the press release< | | |
