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The goal of Environmental Crime Media Update is to provide current news on
a weekly basis on environmental crime. With the exception of items written
by UNEP and occasional contributions solicited from other organizations, the
news is sourced from on-line newspapers, journals and websites.
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 | China detains seven over river pollution scandal |
| Sin Chew Jit Poh, 31st January 2012 |
| SHANGHAI, January 31, 2012 (AFP) - China has detained seven company executives after suspected industrial waste discharges polluted a river with toxic cadmium, threatening drinking supplies for millions, state media said Tuesday.
The discharges have contaminated a 100-kilometre (60-mile) stretch of the Longjiang Ri... |
| American Samoa works towards dealing with e-trash |
| Radio New Zealand International, 30th January 2012 |
| The American Samoa government is working towards the safe disposal of electronic trash, or e-waste. The territory doesn’t have a program in place to deal with electronic waste and many old and broken electronics are left on the side of the road or not properly disposed.
The head of the Information Technolog... |
| India, Japan Coast Guard units demonstrate capabilities |
| By M. Dinesh Verma, The Hindu, 30th January 2012 |
| A mock drill on the deep seas by the Indian and Japan Coast Guard units on Sunday demonstrated the inherent capabilities of the two forces to jointly counter a range of maritime threats in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Indo-Japan Coast Guard Joint Exercises, which alternates between India and Japan every year, was o... |
| Jakarta Foils Bid to Dump Toxic Waste |
| By Zakir Hussain, Jakarta Globe, 29th January 2012 |
| Customs officers have foiled a bid to smuggle 113 containers containing hazardous and toxic waste into Indonesia.
The seizure was one of the biggest in recent years and illustrates the ongoing challenge facing developing countries like Indonesia in their efforts to counter attempts by waste disposal agencies to get rid of ... |
| Report reveals how hospital waste is endangering New Delhi |
| By Neetu Chandra, Daily Mail, 29th January 2012 |
| Government hospitals in the Capital are turning a blind eye to the hazards of bio-medical wasteby either casually dumping the untreated waste despite expensive incinerators installed at the hospital or outsourcing the work to private agencies.
A report released by the directorate of health services has revealed th... |
| Chennai's ewaste misery grows |
| Oman Tribune, 29th January 2012 |
| Every year, Chennai city generates more than 30,000 tonnes of ewaste and the quantity is expected to grow to 200,000 tonnes by 2030. A Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s recommendation to set up e-waste collection centres is gathering dust. And reports are that the share of ewaste in city’s dump sites like Kodungaiyur... |
| New law powers Lebanon County's effort to recycle electronic waste |
| By Brabara Miller, PennLive.com, 28th January 2012 |
| CHRIS KNIGHT, The Patriot-NewsCole Miller, disposes of old TV's, and computers, at the Electronics Recycling shed at the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority in North Lebanon Twp. Tuesday January 17, 2012.
Ridding basements and garages of unwanted electronics is going to be easier for area residents, thanks in part to ... |
| Toxic river sparks run on water |
| Hong Kong Standard, 27th January 2012 |
| Pollution in the southern region of Guangxi sparked panic-buying of bottled water after a mining firm dumped toxic cadmium into a river.
Those living in Liuzhou filled shopping carts with boxes of bottled water, as the government sought to reassure the public that the drinking water supply is safe, Shanghai's Orie... |
| All about urban decay |
| IBNLive.com, 23rd January 2012 |
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HYDERABAD: Huge dumps of e-waste, degeneration of natural resources, an increase in non bio-degradable resources across the globe might be issues that most people ignore now for many reasons. One of them being that they have already been heard of, spoken about and worked on so much. But, a striving need for revolution is ... |
| European retailers to take back e-waste for free |
| By Isaac Leung, Electronics News, 23rd January 2012 |
| LARGE electronic retailers in Europe could be forced to take electronic waste and recycle it for free.The European Parliament has approved of new rules which could see e-waste collection in the European Union boosted from 4kg per capital to around 20kg per capita by 2020.
The new rules stipulate that electronics goods stor... |
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