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Africa toxic waste oil deal 'close'

Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Waste of Toxic Mining Pit Shot From International Space Station....!

Posted by: trueidentity  | 

Akutan :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 2

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 Credibility of 5

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 Credibility of 5

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 Credibility of 5

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 Credibility of 5

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 Credibility of 5

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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