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• Decks cleared for French ship’s departure for India - 31 December 2005
• Clemenceau sails for Indian scrapyard - 31 December 2005
• French court greenlight departure of warship Clemenceau for India - 31 December 2005
•  Red alert on used computers, electronic devices - 27 December 2005
•   One Man’s Trash Doesn’t Necessarily Become Another Man’s Treasure
  - 26 December 2005
•  National plan aims to control pollution - 19 December 2005
• Suppliers and retailers split on delay to electronic waste scheme - 19 December 2005
• Environment Agency supportive of WEEE review - 16 December 2005
• UK delays WEEE proposals yet again - 16 December 2005
• U.K. Delays WEEE Regulations - 16 December 2005
• WEEE implementation faces further delay - 15 December 2005
• Garbage In, Garbage Out - 14 December 2005
•  Greenpeace exposes the Real Face of Free Trade - 14 December 2005
•  Human cost of shipbreaking - 14 December 2005
• Indian shipbreaking yards are death traps - 14 December 2005
• Report emphasizes need for e-waste bill, senator says - 14 December 2005
• Auditors say EPA e-cycling efforts fall short - 13 December 2005
• Tech recycling directive faces further delays - 13 December 2005
• Greenpeace protests against ‘asbestos carrier’ being sent to India - 13 December 2005
•   ‘Digital Dumps’ Heap Hazards at Foreign Sites - 12 December 2005
•  Asbestos for India: France considers aircraft carrier’s fate - 12 December 2005
• Don’t dump French warship on India: Greenpeace - 12 December 2005
•  Greenpeace calls on France not to scrap deadly Clemenceau in India - 12 December 2005
• Greenpeace calls on France not to scrap deadly Clemenceau in India - 12 December 2005
• Greenpeace protests scrapping of ‘Clemenceau’ in India - 12 December 2005
• Recycling: Tech Trash, E-Waste: By Any Name, It’s an Issue - 12 December 2005
• Shipbreaking may have killed thousands: Greenpeace - 12 December 2005
•  Greenpeace welcomes WTO delegates to e-waste paradise - 10 December 2005
• Protesters Hit Streets In Hong Kong Ahead Of WTO Mtg - 10 December 2005
• When the BITS BITE the DUST - 12 December 2005
• Greenpeace protests at HP China over electronic waste - 8 December 2005
• India’s IT firms face new challenge in e-waste disposal - 8 December 2005
•  Hewlett Packard in global toxic trouble - 7 December 2005
•  Shipbreaking issues include invasive species, chemicals - 7 December 2005
•  China Remains E-Recycling Destination - 5 December 2005
•  Shipbreaking: the environmental view - 2 December 2005
• Electrical recycling exposes workers to toxic chemicals - 2 December 2005
• Congress to Explore National E-Waste Standard - 30 November 2005
• UN Concerned Over E-waste in Asia - 29 November 2005
•  Is computer recycling a cruel hoax? - 29 November 2005
• UN programme aims at environmentally sound disposal of electronic waste - 25 November 2005
•  An E-Cycling Nightmare - 15 November 2005
•  Toxic “E-Waste” Gets Cached in Poor Nations, Report Says - 8 November 2005
• Toxic Recycling - 7 November 2005
•  Itan Calls for Ban On ‘Tokunbo’ IT Devices - 3 November 2005
•  E-Waste And Nigerian State - 3 November 2005
•  Developing World Is Our Toxic Techno Trash Dumpster - 3 November 2005
•  City dumping the way it retires old computers - 2 November 2005
•  Kids’ details found in Nigeria - 1 November 2005
•  Study: e-waste dumping victimizes developing nations - 31 October 2005
•  Obsolete computers pose health hazard - 28 October 2005
•  Confidential Wisconsin child data found on Nigerian hard drive - 27 October 2005
•  World’s Broken Electronics Pile Up in Lagos, Creating Toxic Dumps - 27 October 2005
•  Recognising the rotten side of recycling - 27 October 2005
•  Africa being turned into digital dump for West’s toxic waste - 26 October 2005
•  Secret state data resurfaces - 26 October 2005
•  Toxic computer waste from US, Europe dumped in Africa - 26 October 2005
•  Toxic tech threatening developing world - 26 October 2005
•  Europe/US dumping toxic IT waste on Africa - 25 October 2005
•  Digital dump creates concerns - 25 October 2005
•  Junk PCs dumped in African landfills – report - 25 October 2005
•  Dumping of e-waste spreading to Africa - 24 October 2005
•  Our computer waste is another’s pollution - 24 October 2005
•  Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC’s, Report Says - 24 October 2005
•  The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa - 24 October 2005
•  The pungent stench of e-waste - 19 August 2005
• American Electronic Waste Contaminates China and India - 17 August 2005
•  The Plight of China’s E-Waste Workers - 15 August 2005
• DTI confirms WEEE implementation delayed to June 2006 - 11 August 2005
•  Proposed Ship Scrap Treaty Called “Too Little, Too Slow” - 22 July 2005
•  Deal would export ‘ghost fleet’ at reduced cost - 19 July 2005
• Govt crackdown on e-waste exports - 19 July 2005
•  India blatantly disregarding ship-breaking norms - 11 July 2005
• EU states get final warning on electronic waste - 11 July 2005
•  Labour and Green Activists: No More Ships for Scrap to India or Bangladesh - 9 July 2005
• After BPOs, it is brisk time for RPOs - 4 July 2005
• Jumbo Junk - 3 July 2005
• E-waste, a major threat to environment - 24 June 2005
•  Canada’s e-trash plagues China - 20 June 2005
• Greenpeace asks Hewlett Packard to mark their 20th anniversary in China with phase out of hazardous substances - 20 June 2005
• Tiny Hong Kong Falling Foul of Electric Waste – Greenpeace - 31 May 2005
• Frederik should be ‘driven out’ - 31 May 2005
• Danish ship must be driven out - 29 May 2005
• Danish ship should go back, says SC panel - 27 May 2005
• New names give old ships a break - 26 May 2005
• Spanish warning over EU’s electronics recycling capacity - 26 May 2005
• U.S. Congressional Group Eyes E-Waste Disposal Laws - 25 May 2005
• HP “turning the world into a toxic trash bin” - 24 May 2005
• New service to help exports - 24 May 2005
• China risks becoming world hi-tech waste bin - 24 May 2005
• Computer giant HP mute over toxin use - 24 May 2005
• HP a ‘toxic tech giant’ says Greenpeace - 23 May 2005
• Recycling base seeks sustainable development - 23 May 2005
• IT Recycling, Route To Social Responsibility - 23 May 2005
• Israeli Occupation Turns Nablus into Waste Dump and Settlements Sewage System - 23 May 2005
• Problem pile-up - 20 May 2005
• Nod After Committee Inspected Facilities at Ship – Breaker’s Plot - 17 May 2005
• Waste ‘did not breach’ laws - 13 May 2005
• Hazardous waste needs extra effort, confab says - 1 May 2005
•  Waste Activists Demand 4th “R”– Responsibility in G-8 “3R” Initiative Program - 30 April 2005
•  Fugitive toxic ship in Indian waters - 30 April 2005
• No hazardous material found on Danish ship - 29 April 2005
• Ferry sale comes under scrutiny - 26 April 2005
• Toxic ship sails in - 23 April 2005
• Denmark asks India to return toxic vessel - 20 April 2005
• Denmark asks India to return toxic ferry - 20 April 2005
•  Green Groups condemn Indian Environment Minister’s stance on ‘Riky’ as an affront to the Basel Convention: Danish Foreign Minister contacts Indian government - 4 April 2005
• Hazards of High Tech - March/April 2005
• Mercury’s Global Threat: Officials Agree to Curb its Use - 18 March 2005
•  Use It Up, Wear It Out - 14 March 2005
• Electronics, unleaded - 10 March 2005
• EU authorities step up waste trade checks - 9 March 2005
• Computer Recycling Exposes Prison Staff and Inmates to Toxics - 7 March 2005
• Toxics May Be Risk for Prison Recycling Crew - 6 March 2005
•  Environmental Groups call on Paul Martin to act to halt toxic CSL ship dumping in India - 5 March 2005
•  Groups Claim Success Despite Dismissal of Ghost Fleet Export Case on Technical Grounds - 3 March 2005
• Ruling signals more ‘ghost ships’ - 3 March 2005
• Report slams breaker safety failure - 1 March 2005
•  Governments Miss Chance to Develop an International Strategy to Address Global Mercury Crisis - 25 February 2005
•  Made in Taiwan. Buried in China - 24 February 2005
• Public get say on ghost ship firm - 24 February 2005
• U.N. to Debate How Best to Curb Mercury - 22 February 2005
•  Industry Scuttles Progress on Global Ship Dumping - 17 February 2005
•  Norway Denounced for “Double Face” on Global Ship dumping - 16 February 2005
•  Oil Tankers Face Ship Scrapping Crisis - 16 February 2005
•  Greens Battle Shipping Industry over Global Ship Scrap Rules - 15 February 2005