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• Regulatory ‘Patchwork’ Hurting Exports Of Electronic Wastes, ITC Study Finds – 12 March 2013
• Long Outlawed in the West, Lead Paint Sold in Poor Nations – 28 March 2013
•  Electronics Recycler Convicted for Illegal Exports to Developing Countries – 22 December 2012
• U.S. Government Ends the Sinking of Old Ships as Artificial Reefs  – 06 December 2012
• Owners and employees of a string of waste disposal companies fined over £200,000 for exporting dumped electronics to the developing world – 05 December 2012
• EU ship recycling proposal illegal, ministers told – 09 October 2012
• Report slams failure to prevent toxic waste dumping in West Africa – 25 September 2012
• BAN Denies Defamation Allegations — Launches Countersuit Against Intercon Solutions - 04 September 2012
• Mexico Defies United Nations Convention – 14 August 2012
• Spread of lead acid batteries sparks health risk concerns – 08 August 2012
• Environmentalists knock EPA’s OK of plan to sink ships during exercises – 19 June 2012
• Britain’s waste: Now it’s coming back to haunt us – 26 May 2012
• CEC Secretariat Launches Independent Study on the Environmental Hazards of Transborder Lead Battery Recycling – 08 Feb 2012
• Beware of E-waste as great health risk – 13 Jan 2012
• E-Waste Legislation Gaining Support - 30 Dec 2011
• 178 Countries Agree to Allow the Ban on Exports of Toxic Wastes to Developing Countries to Become Law - 21 Oct 2011
• Two Waste Firms Fined in Illegal Export Case – 10 Oct 2011
• Two Charged in Federal Indictment With Dumping E-Waste Illegally Overseas – 20 Sept 2011
• First Federal Criminal Charges Brought Against Recycler for Exporting Toxic e-Waste – 16 Sept 2011
• E-Trash: Stemming The Tide Of Global Trade Of High-Tech Toxic Waste – 29 Aug 2011
• E-waste solution must involve us all: JPAC – 03 Aug 2011
•  LG Electronics Commits to Using the Most Responsible e-Waste Solution Worldwide - 26 July 2011
•  Federal E-Waste Effort Gets Mixed Reaction from Environmental Coalition - 20 July 2011
• E-Waste bill gains broad support - 13 July 2011
• Sink Stink - 12 July 2011
•  Environmnetal groups petition EPA to end Navy ship dumping program - 12 July 2011
•  Intercon case shows arbitration need - 8 July 2011
•  E-cycler fights allegations of illegal exports - 7 July 2011
•  Certification audit exposes exporter - 7 July 2011
•  California congressman tackles toxic trade in new bill - 23 June 2011
•   E-Waste Export Bill to Stop Global E-Waste Dumping & Boost Green Jobs - 23 June 2011
•   As e-waste piles up, disposal issues grow - 22 June 2011
•  Bangladeshi ship breakers defy court ruling - 17 June 2011
• Toxic ship banned in Bangladesh heads for India - 17 June 2011
• E-waste pollution causes DNA damage - 6 June 2011
•   U.S. Cargo Ship Poised To Dump Toxic Waste On Bangladesh - 6 June 2011
•   U.S. SHIP POISED TO DUMP TOXIC WASTE ON BANGLADESH - 6 June 2011
• NGOs call on Bangladesh: Stop Death Ship Before it Kills Again - 24 May 2011
• CEA seeks to triple e-scrap recycling - 14 April 2011
• Electronics Industry Launches Misleading e-Waste Recycling Initiative - 14 April 2011
• Tech industry vows to triple electronic waste collection - 13 April 2011
• CEA’s New Initiative Will Likely Cause more e-Waste to Flood Developing Countries
  - 13 April 2011
• Plans to sink the USS Radford off Md. coast move ahead - 12 April 2011
• NAVY ABANDONS PLAN TO SINK SENATOR McCAIN’S OLD AIRCRAFT CARRIER
  - 7 April 2011
• Electronics Recycling Industry Leaders Call on the Federal Government to Stop Exporting its own E-Waste - 17 March 2011
• EPA ALLOWS SCHEME TO DUMP U.S. FLAGGED SHIP ON SOUTH ASIAN BEACH
  - 10 March 2011
• Alcoa Leads the Way in Responsible e-Waste Recycling — Earns e-Stewards Enterprise Designation - 7 March 2011
• Gangs dumping UK recycling in Third World - 21 February 2011
• EPA Orders Disposal of Seized E-Waste Bound for Vietnam - 18 February 2011
• Environmentalists seek to keep e-waste in North America - 17 February 2011
• Import of e-waste should be banned, says IT expert - 16 February 2011
• EPA orders proper disposal of intercepted electronic waste shipment destined for Vietnam
  - 15 February 2011
• Illegal WEEE Exports from Europe Spark Debate - 11 February 2011
• Waverley firm fined in electronic waste case - 2 February 2011
• Attempted Illegal Export of Hazardous Material Brings $30,000 Penalty - 31 January 2011
• Environmental Group Re-Files Legal Complaint to Protect e-Waste Certification Program from Unfair Trademark Competition - 23 January 2011
• Chinese Environmentalists Dump on Apple - 21 January 2011
• Fears of e-waste pile-up growing - 28 December 2010
• Group Demands U.S. Recycle, Not Sink, Old Navy Ships - 14 December 2010
• Will the U.S. Navy Dump Or Recycle John McCain’s Old Ship? - 14 December 2010
• TAXPAYERS LEFT WITH HUGE BILL and LOST JOBS FROM GOVERNMENT SHIP OCEAN DISPOSAL PROGRAMS - 13 December 2010
• Living Off Toxic Trash in the Philippines - 24 November 2010
• Cochin Port a safe conduit for imported e-waste - 23 November 2010
• E-waste Investigation, Part 4: From motherboard to wedding ring: Turning a profit with
  e-waste gold - 22 November 2010
• E-waste Investigation, Part 3: Coloradans mining gold from e-waste - 22 November 2010
• E-waste Investigation, Part 2: Colorado auctions launder government’s unwanted e-waste- 22 November 2010
• E-waste Investigation, Part 1: Coloradans’ ‘recycled’ computers can end up in the third-world, local landfills - 20 November 2010
• The perilous business of recycling lead - 18 November 2010
• Ghana: The Dangers of Recycling Electronic Scrap - 15 November 2010
• Provocative New Film “The Story of Electronics” Released - 9 November 2010
• BP’s SCHEME TO DUMP TOXIC SHIP ON SOUTH ASIAN SCRAPPING BEACH UNDER SCRUTINY BY U.S. OFFICIALS - 28 October 2010
• FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAUGHT EXPORTING TOXIC E-WASTE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CONTAMINATING WORKERS - 22 October 2010
• ADVIERTEN A MÉXICO QUE DEBE BLOQUEAR LA EXPORTACIÓN ILEGAL DE NAVÍOS TÓXICOS - 20 de Octubre 2010
• MEXICO WARNED TO BLOCK ILLEGAL EXPORT OF TOXIC SHIPS - 20 October 2010
• California’s Santa Clara County Commits to Highest Standard of Responsible E-Waste Recycling - 14 October 2010
• Federal Legislation on E-Waste - 1 October 2010
• Exposed: Scotland’s toxic waste is poisoning Africa and Asia - 26 September 2010
• BAN launches e-Stewards certification in Europe - 22 September 2010
• Environmental & Labour Groups Denounce IMO’s Treaty & FTAs - 21 September 2010
• ERI Seeks BAN e-Steward Certification - 21 September 2010
• Redemtech EU Receives E-Stewards Certification - 21 September 2010
• Redemtech Leading Europe’s Fight Against Illicit E-waste Exports as EU’s First e-Stewards Certified Recycler - 21 September 2010
• Most aspects of e-waste not regulated in U.S., Va. - 19 September 2010
• Diverse New Advisory Body to Guide Responsible e-Recycling - 17 September 2010
• Recycling electronic waste in Japan: Better late than never - 17 September 2010
• EPA Chief cites the e-Waste Problem as one of the US’s 6 Global Environmental Priorities- 17 August 2010
• Administrator Jackson Announces EPA’s International Priorities / Agency to work with other countries to curb pollution at home and abroad - 17 August 2010
• GAO Report Correctly Calls for e-Waste Export Controls, but Misses the Mark with Recommendation on Basel Convention - 12 August 2010
• EPA Recognizes e-Stewards Certification - 22 July 2010
• EPA Names e-Stewards Certified Recyclers as Route to Responsible Electronics Recycling - 19 July 2010
• India’s Poor Risk ‘Slow Death’ - 7 July 2010
• IPhone’s Record-Setting Debut Floods Secondhand Market With Older Models - 5 July 2010
• Green groups condemn toxic waste plan - 16 June 2010
• Recycling India’s e-waste brings jobs to poor — and health, environmental fears - 12 June 2010
• E-waste export law needed: EPA chief - 28 May 2010
• EPA Administrator to Speak at INTERPOL Meeting on E-Waste - 25 May 2010
• Importing trouble - 22 May 2010
• Another Nigeria-bound Toxic Waste Ship Intercepted - 20 May 2010
• Pre-cleaning report must before import - 12 May 2010
• Ship-breaking exposes Bangladesh to climate change threat - 8 May 2010
• Businesses hosting electronics-recycling events - 24 April 2010
• Environmental group: Target’s e-recycling not transparent - 22 April 2010
• Electronics not being recycled - 22 April 2010
• North Rochester e-recycling firm wins national praise - 22 April 2010
• Target Stores Won’t Tell Public Where Their Collected Electronic Waste Will Go - 21 April 2010
• Area companies promote recycling - 16 April 2010
• FG detains toxic waste ship in Lagos - 16 April 2010
• Major corporations move certified recycling forward - 16 April 2010
• New program makes sure e-waste is recycled right - 16 April 2010
• Wells Fargo Joins BAN’s e-Stewards Initiative - 16 April 2010
• A Program to Certify Electronic Waste Recycling Rivals an Industry-U.S. Plan - 15 April 2010
• Businesses to use certified recyclers for e-waste - 15 April 2010
• e-Stewards Launches with Major Corporate, NGO Backing - 15 April 2010
• MAJOR CORPORATIONS STEP UP FOR GREEN CERTIFIED ELECTRONICS RECYCLING - 15 April 2010
• New accord reached to reduce electronic waste - 15 April 2010
• Progress on the e-waste recycling front - 15 April 2010
• BAN blasts ISRI electronic scrap policy - 5 April 2010
• END OF LIFE: India Attempts to Curb Deluge of E-Waste - 1 April 2010
• BAN slams ISRI resolution as ‘more of the same’ - 31 March 2010
• Saipan salvage firm assures compliance with int’l rules on toxic waste disposal - 31 March 2010
• ISRI Board Charts Roadmap to Address Global Electronic Scrap Recycling - 29 March 2010
• Scrap Industries Slammed for “More of the Same” Policy Allowing Global Toxic E-Waste Dumping - 26 March 2010
• Worries over electronic waste from the developing world - 22 March 2010
• The ship that won’t go quietly - 20 March 2010
• Another Spin: E-waste recycler faces criticism - 15 March 2010
• ‘Export’ of toxic ships raises stink - 11 March 2010
• Quit dumping old TVs overseas - 10 March 2010
• E-waste threat grows by the day - 8 March 2010
• Two certification standards aim to curb waste exports - 5 March 2010
• Indonesia Turns Back E-Waste Shipment from MA Recycler - 2 March 2010
• Old TVs spark environmental dispute - 2 March 2010
• E-waste shipment from U.S. under dispute - 1 March 2010
• Green Tech Gone Fake - 1 March 2010
• Indonesia Turns Back Illegal Shipment of E-waste from USA “Recycler” - 1 March 2010
• Roll-call for e-scrap standards - 1 March 2010
• Indonesia Takes Tough Stand Over Exports of Toxic Trash - 24 February 2010
• E-Waste Creates Economic, Environmental Problem for Developing Nations - 23 February 2010
• RI congratulated for rejecting e-waste from US - 23 February 2010
• Absence of E-Waste Controls Poses Environmental Threat - 22 February 2010
• Activists Seek New Bill Banning E-Waste Exports After EPA Battery Rule - 17 February 2010
• Environmentalists and Consumer Groups Applaud HP’s Policy on E-Waste Export - 12 February 2010
• NRDC Endorses New e-Stewards Certification Program - 11 February 2010
• Charges Laid Over Electronic Waste Exports - 11 February 2010
• Waste shipments earn Brazilian $1m fine - 11 February 2010
• Certification for Electronic Waste Recycling Gathers Support - 10 February 2010
• NRDC Endorses New Certification for Safe, Ethical Electronic Waste Recycling - 9 February 2010
• Ship-breaking policy soon: Prime Minister - 2 January 2010
• 2 succumb to injuries, Toll rises to 6 - 1 January 2010
• Ship-breaker ignored explosive warning - 1 January 2010
• 5 injured - 31 December 2009
• Holiday e-Waste? Beware Fake Recyclers! - 28 December 2009
• More deaths in ship breaking yards - 28 December 2009
• Blast kills 4, Tragedy at ship-breaking yard again - 27 December 2009
• Resolution Calls on Congress to Choose e-Steward Recyclers - 25 November 2009
• Resolution Calls on Congress to Choose e-Steward Recyclers - 20 November 2009
• Gujarat maritime board to probe toxic US ship’s ownership - 10 November 2009
• India bars entry of former S.S. Independence - 10 November 2009
• ‘Toxic’ US ship banned in India - 10 November 2009
• INDIAN GOVERNMENT BLOCKS TOXIC US SHIP - 9 November 2009
• EDay containers stuck in NZ as hazardous waste concerns checked - 26 October 2009
• TOXIC U.S. SHIP LANDS IN INDIA - 22 October 2009
• Central team to inspect Platinum-II near Alang - 19 October 2009
• ‘Toxic’ ship owner raises crack scare – Gov’t to inspect vessel - 19 October 2009
• E-waste lessons learned; it only makes business sense if there’s a charge - 15 October 2009
• MoEF seeks details of ship in Alang from Guj authorities - 13 October 2009
• E-Recycle: Where loads of electronic waste wind up - 4 October 2009
• Levin orders truck to leave Monroeville warehouse lot without cargo - 19 September 2009
• Controversial e-waste generates renewed complaints - 18 September 2009
• Mafia ‘was paid to sink ships carrying radioactive cargo’ - 17 September 2009
• EPA catches Monterey Park recycler improperly sending waste to China - 8 September 2009
• Denmark challenges EPA claims over Star Maritime ships - 2 September 2009
• Denmark assures no PCBs in scrapping row ships - 1 September 2009
• Alang: The place where ships go to die - 31 August 2009
• US Environmental Protection Agency to let Anders sail - 28 August 2009
• OBAMA’s EPA ALLOWS TOXIC NAVY SHIPS TO BE DUMPED IN BANGLADESH - 27 August 2009
• A Toxic Excuse - 26 August 2009
• US implicated in toxic exports law breach - 25 August 2009
• Are aging ships still a toxic export? - 24 August 2009
• Jacksonville goes back to drawing board over e-waste - 21 August 2009
• Environment Agency stops ship leaving the UK for scrapping - 7 August 2009
• Sinking of John McCain’s Old Aircraft Carrier Denounced - 27 July 2009
• All Metal Recovery hit with hazardous waste fine - 20 July 2009
• Brazil prepares to return UK rubbish, fines firms - 20 July 2009
• UK to recall Brazil waste export - 19 July 2009
• Green Customs Operation Seizes 30,000 Tons of Illegal HazWaste - 17 July 2009
• Tonnes of British hazardous waste found in Brazilian ports - 17 July 2009
• Operation Demeter yields tons of illegal shipments of hazardous waste - 8 July 2009
• Dumped PCs creating havoc for Emerging Markets - 2 July 2009
• ICT sector to slow down as Uganda bans used PCs - 29 June 2009
• Greenwash: Weee directive is a dreadful missed opportunity to clean up e-waste - 25 June 2009
• Pakistan a dumping ground for e-waste - 24 June 2009
• Stash of controversial e-waste to be hauled - 24 June 2009
• Stop Dumping Techno-Trash on Developing Countries! - 24 June 2009
• Electronics Recycling Certification May Halt Unethical Practices - 17 June 2009
• Some See E-Waste Crisis Trailing Switch to Digital TV - 15 June 2009
• Ethical Electronics Recycling Certifiers Can Now Be Accredited - 12 June 2009
• Workers say recycler dumped monitors - 12 June 2009
• Warning: Digital Conversion May Result in Tsunami of Toxic TV Exports to Developing Countries - 12 June 2009
• Environmental Protection Agency takes action against electronics recycler - 11 June 2009
• EPA files complaint against electronics recycling firm - 10 June 2009
• EPA Files Legal Action against Exporter of e-Waste Following Toxic Trade Watchdog Investigation - 10 June 2009
• E-Waste Bill Criticized for ‘Loopholes’ - 8 June 2009
• Electronic waste recycler to empty Monroeville warehouse - 8 June 2009
• ANAB Announces Accreditation for Ethical e-Stewards Electronics Recycling Certification -4 June 2009
• New doubts raised over electronics recycling - 3 June 2009
• Toxic Fraud - 1 June 2009
• Few Rules for Recycling Electronics - 31 May 2009
• Don’t Be Duped by E-Cycling Scams - 28 May 2009
• EarthECycle’s Statements to the Press Rebutted - 26 May 2009
• Fake Recycling Events in Pittsburgh Uncovered - 26 May 2009
• New convention slammed for legitimising beaching of ships - 18 May 2009
• 63 gov’ts approve UN convention on ship recycling - 15 May 2009
• Agreement Stresses Greener, Safer Ship Recycling - 15 May 2009
• Dozens of nations sign treaty on shipbreaking - 15 May 2009
• Ship recycling leaves tide of death on Asia’s beaches - 15 May 2009
• New “Ship Recycling” Convention Legalizes Scrapping Toxic Ships on Beaches of Poor Countries – “A major step backwards” - 15 May 2009
• Agreement on Ship Recycling Wins Wide Support - 14 May 2009
• Making the ship recycling industry clean up its act - 14 May 2009
• Environmentalists and Consumer Groups Applaud Dell’s Policy on E-Waste Export - 12 May 2009
• Pressure groups call IMO draft ‘green gloss’ - 12 May 2009
• Safety urged in ship recycling - 12 May 2009
• I.M.O. Ship Recycling Convention Denounced as “Legal Shipwreck” - 11 May 2009
• Nations look to make ship ‘recycling’ safer - 11 May 2009
• IMO set to adopt ship recycling convention - 8 May 2009
• Scores die breaking down ships in Asia - 8 May 2009
• Ship scrap prices could plummet to $100 per ldt - 8 May 2009
• The Freighter Graveyards of South Asia - 8 May 2009
• Conditional approving of RP-Japan trade advised - 24 April 2009
• The damaging effects of e-waste on Ghanaian children - 19 April 2009
• Malaysia’s Decision to Refuse CRT Glass from the US - 3 April 2009
• Defunct donated computers returned to UK for recycling - 30 March 2009
• Electronic Afterlife - 30 March 2009
• Japanese shipowners urge RP to set up shipbreaking industry - 25 March 2009
• Hazardous industry proving difficult to rectify - 23 March 2009
• Save ship-breaking sector, cry jobless workers - 22 March 2009
• Court orders closure of Bangladesh scrapping yards - 18 March 2009
• Court Ruling Could Sink Bangladesh Shipbreaking Industry - 18 March 2009
• Ship-breaking ordered shut - 18 March 2009
• Victory for Safe Jobs and the Environment: High Court Halts Deadly Shipbreaking on the Beaches of Bangladesh - 18 March 2009
• China’s Big Recycling Market Is Sagging - 11 March 2009
• E-waste destined to Ghana caught in Amsterdam port - 27 February 2009
• E-waste flowing on charity tag - 11 February 2009
• Toxic Ship Firm Fined $500k for Illegal Sale of Deadly PCBs - 30 January 2009
• Md. firms fined $518,000 in shipbreaking case - 29 January 2009
• Toxic Ship Dealer Caught, Fined for Export of PCBs - 29 January 2009
• Victory Declared as Major Toxic Ship Exporter Forced to Pay Penalties by EPA - 29 January 2009
• Englewood warehouse raided by ICE, EPA - 24 January 2009
• E-Waste Not - 8 January 2009
• State’s e-cycling law takes effect Thursday - 30 December 2008
• Watchdogs Hound E-Waste Exports - 29 December 2008
• Oregon, Washington aim to keep high-tech recycling clean - 25 December 2008
• Doctors and environmentalists warn against sri pai - 14 December 2008
• Anti-JPEPA groups ask SC to act on petition - 11 December 2008
• SC asked to void RP-Japan trade pact - 4 December 2008
• US Communities Find Better Ways to Recycle Toxic Electronic Waste - 1 December 2008
• Shipping cos bleed, ship-breaking booms! - 27 November 2008
• EPA looking at Executive Recycling’s export practices - 21 November 2008
• Not in My Backyard: Stopping Illegal Export of Junked Televisions and Computers - 19 November 2008
• The Green Penguin – Where Does Your E-Waste Go? - 19 November 2008
• Responsible e-waste recycling - 15 November 2008
• Could your computer become a toxic threat? - 10 November 2008
• E-Stewards: Activists and industry join to certify responsible electronics recyclers - 10 November 2008
• E-Stewards: Listen to the News Conference Audio - 10 November 2008
• Groups to launch e-waste certification program - 10 November 2008
• Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste - 9 November 2008
• The Electronic Wasteland - 9 November 2008
• Obama Win Bolsters Hopes of National E-scrap Legislation - 6 November 2008
• SCOTT PELLEY AND CREW GET ROUGHED UP GETTING THE STORY OF TOXIC “E-WASTE” DUMPS IN CHINA – “60 MINUTES” SUNDAY ON CBS - 6 November 2008
• Activists and industry to announce initiative for responsible electronic waste recycling - 6 November 2008
• UK Investigates E-waste Dumping In Ghana - 18 October 2008
• President Bush Signs Obama’s Mercury Export Ban into Law - 15 October 2008
• International NGOs Alarmed Over JPEPA - 10 October 2008
• Philippine Senate ratifies controversial trade deal with Japan - 9 October 2008
• Toxic Waste Exports in Asia Alarming - 26 September 2008
• The Underbelly of Globalization: Our Toxic Wastes Exported to Developing Countries - 25 September 2008
• Waste Management Recycle America Commits to e-Stewards Pledge: World’s Most Rigorous Environmental and Social Criteria for Electronic Waste Management - 24 September 2008
• Report: EPA Lets Electronic Waste Flow “Virtually Unrestricted” - 22 September 2008
• GAO Report: U.S. Companies Still Exporting Toxic E-Waste - 19 September 2008
• Trashed Tech Dumped Overseas: Does the U.S. Care? - 19 September 2008
• EPA Faulted for Failing to Control E-Waste Exports - 18 September 2008
• Brown Calls For National E-Waste Export Ban - 17 September 2008
• EPA Lets Electronic Waste Flow Freely, GAO Report Says - 17 September 2008
• US Exporting Harmful E-waste to Other Countries - 17 September 2008
• GAO Releases New Report on Toxic E-Waste Export: EPA unable to enforce rules, holds “little concern for the environment in other countries” - 17 September 2008
• JPEPA: POISON TO FILIPINOS - 8 September 2008
• Indonesia’s Experience Debunks Claim of JPEPA Gains - 4 September 2008
• ‘JPEPA fashionable but not timely’ –expert - 27 August 2008
• ‘RP gave too many concessions to Japan in free trade deal’ - 27 August 2008
• Toxic Wastes in JPEPA a Real Threat - 19 August 2008
• Scrap ships crowd Bangladesh shore on demand for cheap steel - 17 August 2008
• Mar Hit on JPEPA Constitutionality - 12 August 2008
• Santiago eases phantom fear of waste from Japan - 9 August 2008
• Coffin, mourners march to Senate: JPEPA spells death to environment and economy—green groups - 4 August 2008
• Junk JPEPA, Appeal Bishops - 4-17 August 2008
• Green’s House resolution opposes toxic e-waste exports - 31 July 2008
• House of Representatives Considers Resolution to Ban the Export of Toxic E-Waste to Developing Nations - 31 July 2008
• The dirty secret of your NHS - 24 July 2008
• Don’t recycle ‘e-waste’ with haste, activists warn - 6 July 2008
• Firm hopes to reopen dry docks - 6 July 2008
• India Inc is waking up to e-waste management - 5 July 2008
• India to ban new ship-breaking yards, curb coastal construction - 4 July 2008
• Toxic waste export harder to control, despite Basel Convention - 1 July 2008
• North Korea in bid to recycle toxic waste - 30 June 2008
• Your Laptop’s Dirty Little Secret - 30 June 2008
• Delegates fail to agree on banning toxic waste exports at UN conference - 27 June 2008
• UN Waste Treaty Postpones Long Awaited Toxic Waste Dumping Ban - 27 June 2008
• Officials: Poor nations can’t manage toxic waste - 26 June 2008
• UN says poverty is fueling trade of hazardous waste exports to poor countries - 26 June 2008
• EPA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Standard Denounced for Allowing Global Toxic Dumping
  - 23 June 2008
• U.S. Government OK’s Illegal Trafficking in Hazardous Electronic Waste - 23 June 2008
• E-Waste: E-trash Swamps the Developing World - 19 June 2008
• The problem with ship scrapyards isn’t what you think - 12 June 2008
• Waste Company Would Import Mexican PCBs to Burn in Texas - 9 June 2008
• U.S. switch to digital TV raises specter of toxic dumping of old sets - 4 June 2008
• Event will accept, recycle unwanted electronic gear - 3 June 2008
• Green groups urge rich countries to rethink waste policies - 27 May 2008
• Environmental Victory for Proper Ship Scrapping! - 16 May 2008
• Where Computers Go to Die - 15 May 2008
• Indian ship breakers lose business to Bangladesh - 3 May 2008
• ‘Fixing’ flawed JPEPA - 2 May 2008
• Global Marketing Systems responds to EPA investigation - 2 May 2008
• Japanese condemn JPEPA too! - 24 April 2008
• NO FOOD, NO JOBS, NO FUTURE with JPEPA - 21 April 2008
• The ‘green’ way to dump electronic junk - 21 April 2008
• Recycle That Computer Hidden in Your Closet - 20 April 2008
• A warning for those recycling electronics - 18 April 2008
• Senate Urged to Uphold People’s Interest vs JPEPA - 16 April 2008
• Beware Free Electronic Waste Collection Events ‘For the Environment’ - 15 April 2008
• Citizens’ Coalition Vows to Escalate Action against JPEPA - 10 April 2008
• Large numbers of HP suppliers flout CSR guidelines - 7 April 2008
• EPA alleges Md. firm illegally exported toxic ship for recycling - 25 March 2008
• EPA complaint targets city-based business - 24 March 2008
• EPA sues to keep decaying ship from leaving U.S. - 21 March 2008
• Independence sails into a new set of problems - 21 March 2008
• EPA Sues US Ship Broker for Illegal Export but Allows ‘Toxic Timebomb’ to Sail Away
  - 20 March 2008
• Aged ships a toxic export - 19 March 2008
• EPA sues to stop Sanctuary owner from towing boat to Greece - 19 March 2008
• EPA files complaint against ship brokers for violations of Toxic Substances Control Act - 18 March 2008
• Toxic waste in TV transition - 16 March 2008
• Fugitive Toxic Ocean Liner Now Believed to be Nearing Guam –
  Mariners are Asked to Report Whereabouts and to Avoid Selling Ship Fuel - 6 March 2008
• Ocean Liner’s Final Voyage to Asia under Scrutiny - 29 February 2008
• EPA called on to Stop Illegal Departure of Toxic Ocean Liner in Hawaii –
  Historic SS Independence loaded with PCBs and asbestos to be scrapped - 20 February 2008
• Environmentalists Denounce Illegal Departure of Toxic Ship from San Francisco –
  SS Independence with PCBs and Asbestos Slipped Away in the Fog - 12 February 2008
• Last U.S. ocean liner heads into the unknown - 9 February 2008
• Recycled Electronics May Leave Hazardous E-Waste - 6 February 2008
• Nigeria: As E-Waste Dump, Lagos Imperils People - 23 January 2008
• The Afterlife of Cellphones - 13 January 2008
• A Recycled Laptop’s Journey, Part 2: Doing the Job Right - 10 January 2008
• Warning over e-waste cowboys - 9 January 2008
• Beware Electronics “Recyclers” that Don’t Recycle - 7 January 2008
• Electronics makers vie to make machines green - 4 January 2008
• A Recycled Laptop’s Journey, Part 1: Exporting Toxic Waste - 3 January 2008
• High-tech Trash - January 2008