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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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 | Greek crew member acquitted of dumping charges |
| BusinessWeek, 29th April 2010 |
| A federal jury in Houston has acquitted a Greek crew member of an oil tanker ship of charges that he engineered the dumping of waste off the Texas coast in early 2009.
The acquittal of Ioannis Mylonakis came Wednesday after a nearly weeklong trial. Federal prosecutors had accused him of ordering his crew to use a pipe to b... |
| Illegal dumping call leads to citation for pumping raw sewage into storm drain |
| Cape Coral Daily Breeze, 26th April 2010 |
| Cape Coral's Code Compliance Division has cited a resident in the northeast Cape with dumping raw sewage into the city's storm drain Saturday.
Giovanni Modica, 62, of 3810 SW 1st Street, was cited for a violation of Chapter 19 (Section 2.5.1), which prohibits the discharge of wastewater into the city's stormwater system. M... |
| 'Several thousand' tonnes of waste at Trago dumps |
| South Devon Herald Express, 23rd April 2010 |
| THE scale of an alleged illegal waste dump at Trago Mills near Newton Abbot is continuing to grow.
The Environment Agency has mounted one of its largest clean-up operations at the site.
When officials from the agency started an investigation into allegations of illegal waste at the site, just off the A38 at Liverton, in S... |
 | UNEP: E-waste in developing countries needs careful management |
| Recycling News (press release), 22nd April 2010 |
| Brussels - Rapidly rising sales of electronic goods could cause huge amounts of hazardous electronic waste (e-waste) to build up in developing countries over the next ten years, a new study on "Recycling - From E-Waste To Resources" has concluded. Prompt action is needed to ensure e-waste is properly managed in emerging eco... |
| Delaware launches crack down on illegal dumping |
| WHYY, 22nd April 2010 |
| Timed to coincide with the celebration of Earth Day, Delaware environmental officials have launched TrashStoppers. It's a call for Delaware residents to speak up when they see people illegally dumping trash.
The effort is very similar to the state's CrimeStoppers program, and includes a hotline for residents to call ... |
| Bangladesh sues 'excessively polluting' ship-breaking yards |
| MSN Philippines News, 22nd April 2010 |
| Bangladesh's government has sued four of the country's ship-breaking yards for causing "excessive pollution" and operating without proper licenses, an environment department official said Thursday.
The move follows an about-face earlier this month when the government abandoned its attempt to impose stricter environmental s... |
| Hazardous waste being discharged into Kenjhar Lake |
| The News International, 21st April 2010 |
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Karachi getting contaminated water’
Industrial effluent containing extremely hazardous chemicals and heavy metal particles from Kotri Industrial area is being discharged into Indus River as well as Kalri Bighar feeder canal that supplies water to Kenjhar Lake, from where the water is being supplied to Karachi.Industri... |
| High levels of mercury found in dumping zone |
| Independent Online, 12th April 2010 |
| Taxpayers are facing a R40-million clean-up bill to eliminate pollution from a toxic waste dump near Durban which contains high levels of mercury, a dangerous heavy metal which damages the brain and other parts of the body.
The poison was dumped in several pits in the Hammarsdale area more than 30 years ago. It is thought ... |
| India a dumping yard for world e-waste |
| Daily Pioneer, 12th April 2010 |
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Thousands of tonnes of toxic e-waste finds its way into India every month in absence of any handling norms
The recent incident of radiation in West Delhi’s Mayapuri Industrial area may have raised alarm bells on the danger posed by the unplanned dumping of e-waste. But the import of such hazardous material continues un... |
| Toxic waste dumping at Gondal Pass threatening lives |
| The News International, 12th April 2010 |
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The lives and livelihood of tens of thousands of people is at stake because the powerful Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE), in connivance with the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), is dumping toxic and industrial waste at Gondal Pass some 25km from the city without neutralising or segregating it, Dr Iqbal... |
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