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Africa toxic waste oil deal 'close'
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | 2 months ago
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Trafigura, along with Leigh Day & Co, a British law firm, said in a joint statement they were in settlement talks, but did not mention any compensation figure. "It currently appears that this settlement is likely to be acceptable to most, if not all,...
Tags: Trafigura, toxic wastes, Ivory Coast, city council, Abidjan
Waste of Toxic Mining Pit Shot From International Space Station....!
When we pass the bills for mining and drilling more and more areas we donot realise how the waste of this mining will affect our environement. This shot from the International Space Station shows that the materials which are the wastes of toxic mining...
Tags: mining, toxic wastes
Poor countries push for toxic waste export ban
Bali :: Cameroon | about 1 year ago
Credibility Indonesia African nations and other poor countries at a UN conference pushed Friday for a ban on toxic waste exports that they said would protect them from the steady stream of dangerous chemicals and old electronics damaging their health and environment.
Tags: toxic wastes, wastes export, poor countries
Mobile phones pose hidden danger
Bali :: Cameroon | about 1 year ago
Credibility Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention in Bali on Tuesday. "Therefore, the issue of waste from dumped mobiles phones is significant due to sheer quantity globally .... What is going on in the world today is people just take...
Tags: Bali, United Nations, hazard wastes, mobiles phones, Indonesian, poorest nations, toxic wastes
Cote d'Ivoire: UNEP Launches Plan On Toxic Waste
Xinhua :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility District of Abidjan which will address gaps in regulations on the movement of hazardous wastes, unscrupulous behaviour by some private operators, improvement in port systems and the need to strengthen local capacities to handle toxic waste. The project...
Tags: toxic wastes
Building pyramids to help dispose trash
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility A unique solution proposed by a Dutch engineer could take care of trash and toxic waste by converting them into concrete slabs that are then used to build pyramids. W riting in the respected journal Global Environmental Issues, waste management expert...
Tags: build pyramid, toxic wastes
Ducks dying after landing in toxic pond
Edmonton :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Officials in Canada say they are investigating why deterrents did not keep hundreds of ducks out of a tailings pond, leaving them oil-covered and dying. The migratory birds landed Monday in the toxic waste pond at the Aurora North Site mine north of Fort...
Tags: Federation of Alberta Naturalists, tailings pond, Syncrude Canada Ltd, syncrude tailings, oilsands wastes, toxic wastes, northern alberta
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