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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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 | Garages face prosecution over illegal tyre dumping |
| XooArticles.com, 10th June 2010 |
| Garages and tyre dealers are being warned that they could face significant fines or custodial sentences if they fail to recycle their used tyres correctly.
The warning has been issued by the Tyre Recovery Association following the recent prosecution of nine individuals who were fined nearly £75,000 for illegally dumping r... |
 | Palestine- An Israeli dumping ground for radioactive/toxic waste |
| The Palestine Telegraph, 8th June 2010 |
| UK (Pal Telegraph, by Peter Eyre) - We have seen the decades of suffering by the Palestinian people at the hands of the apartheid government of Israel and yet little has been said about another unseen problem that lies buried beneath the ground.
Over a long period of time the Israeli Government has secretly been dumping hi... |
 | NYS charges 2 Buffalo contractors with dumping asbestos |
| Mesothelioma News, 7th June 2010 |
| BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The state Attorney General's Office says two western New York contractors have been charged with illegally dumping tons of asbestos-contaminated debris inside an abandoned warehouse in Buffalo.
Authorities say 45-year-old Robert Bishop of East Amherst and 47-year-old Salvatore Capizzi of Grand Is... |
 | Environmental Groups Sue BP Under Clean Water Act |
| Circle of Blue WaterNews, 7th June 2010 |
| Picture: ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – A Brown Pelican prepares to enter the water at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg May 23, 2010. The bird was rescued and cleaned by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after being found oiled near Louisiana’s coast. Photo Courtesy USCG
Landmark act could be... |
| Mafia's waste disposal business flourishes in Italy in 2009 |
| AFP, 4th June 2010 |
| ROME — The mafia's waste disposal and illegal dumping business in Italy continued to flourish in 2009, defying the global economy's woes, environmental organisation Legambiente said on Friday.
Circumventing environmental regulations is "the only business that is immune from crises," Legambiente said in a statement, estim... |
| FG detains another vessel carrying hazardous waste |
| The Punch, 4th June 2010 |
| The Federal Government has detained a vessel, MV GUMEL, suspected to be carrying eight containers of hazardous waste such as fridges, used televisions, used batteries and compressor pots.
The ship was detained on arrival at Tincan Island Port, Lagos State at 3.30pm on May 29, 2010.
The Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Cu... |
| State indicts four men for illegal dumping of leaking chemical drums in Jersey City |
| Everything HUDSON, 23rd May 2010 |
| JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced on Friday that the Division of Criminal Justice Major Crimes Bureau has obtained state grand jury indictments charging four men with illegally dumping 18 drums containing inks and used solvents at an industrial prop... |
| Salem fuel provider fined $50G for illegal disposal |
| The Daily Item of Lynn, 21st May 2010 |
| SALEM - A Salem-based fuel provider has agreed to pay $50,000 in civil penalties to the state for illegally removing, transporting and disposing of waste oil contained in expired oil tanks from locations in Essex County and for lying to local fire departments about the nature of the jobs.
The complaint against Clarke Broth... |
| Hospitals behind illegal dumping: DA |
| Times LIVE, 19th May 2010 |
| Two KwaZulu-Natal hospitals were allegedly behind the illegal dumping of medical waste in Marianhill, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. “All indications are that waste management companies are not responsible for the incorrect segregation of waste,” said the DA provincial health spokesman John Steenhuisen in a ... |
| Building firm boss in £16k illegal waste fine |
| BBC News, 19th May 2010 |
| A County Down construction firm boss will have to pay £16,400 after admitting dumping controlled waste without a licence.
Fergal McAlinden, 53, of Killowen Road, Rostrevor, pleaded guilty of the offence, which involved more than 7,000 tonnes of waste soil and clay.
Mr McAlinden was also fined £500 at Newry Crown ... |
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