Author: Ellen Hodges
The Al Nabila IV, a 27,000-dwt tonnage vegetable oil tanker, reaches her final resting place on Sitakunda beach near Chittagong in Bangladesh. After nearly 30 years of shipping, she is rammed onto Sitakunda beach at high tide and left to be disassembled by thousands of workers.
Read MoreAuthor: Marian Ledesma
Indigenous people may not be your first thought when communities affected by plastic pollution are discussed, but the truth is that they are in the midst of some of the worst impacts of plastic. The fact is that plastic is everywhere – from the highest mountains to the deepest parts of our oceans – and that every stage of plastic’s life has harmful effects on people and the natural environment, both resulting in an enormous toll on indigenous people.
Read MoreAuthor: Manuela Andreoni
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Navy said on Friday evening it had begun an operation to sink the decommissioned aircraft carrier São Paulo, packed with an undetermined amount of asbestos and other toxic materials, about 220 miles off the country’s northeastern coast.
Read MoreAuthor: Ciara Nugent
Somewhere in the South Atlantic ocean right now, a 34,000-ton, 870-ft. aircraft carrier is floating aimlessly on the waves. The vessel, caught in an international dispute over its toxic contents, is about to become one of the biggest pieces of trash in the ocean. The São Paulo, as the ship is known, has been stuck in limbo for five months. Brazil’s navy sold the 60-year-old vessel—the largest in its fleet—for scrap to a Turkish shipyard in 2021, and in August 2022, it set off for Turkey from a naval base in Rio de Janeiro.
Read MoreAuthor: Folha de Pernambuco, translated from Portuguese
Former flagship of the French Navy, the aircraft carrier Foch , renamed São Paulo in 2000 when it took on the Brazilian flag, wanders the sea in search of a haven of refuge, under the risk of ending its days at the bottom of the ocean. The Brazilian Navy announced on Friday (20) that it is mooring its old hull, full of asbestos , paint and other toxic waste, at a point in the Atlantic Ocean 315 kilometers from the Brazilian coast , to prevent the ship from drifting.
Read MoreAuthor: Ramis Sağlam, translated from Turkish
Former Brazilian Aircraft Carrier São Paulo, which contains hazardous toxic waste materials, was captured by the Brazilian navy on Friday. The Brazilian navy made an official statement, claiming that the ship should be moved to the open sea as much as possible. This statement said, “Will the ship be sunk in the Atlantic Ocean?” raised the question.
Read MoreFollowing the seizure of 37 containers of German plastic waste from the COSCO ship COSCO PRIDE in Piraeus Greece late last year, 52 non-governmental organizations have sent a letter to the Chairman of COSCO Global to stop their exports of plastic waste, in particular to developing countries.
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