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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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 | Illegal firm raided |
| Malaysia Star, 6th April 2010 |
| Picture: Out of bounds: MPKj officers sealing the factory in the Taman Taming Jaya industrial park.
AN illegal factory in the Taman Taming Jaya industrial park in Seri Kembangan was sealed and its operator slapped with three notices by the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj).
The raid was carried out by MPKj, Department of E... |
 | Naples trash crisis |
| Greening of Oil, 5th April 2010 |
| 'Spring clean up' highlights a global problem on a community scale
Arriving in Naples (Napoli) after spending two months in Rome, I noticed immediate differences in the two cities. Besides the amazing pizza (invented in Naples), my attention was drawn to the trash that littered the streets - probably because I had previous... |
 | Man charged with dumping 63 used tires in Lehigh |
| Lehigh Acres Citizen, 31st March 2010 |
| A man was arrested over the weekend for dumping 63 used tires in Lehigh Acres, according to Capt. Ed. Tamayo, commander of the Bravo District substation in Lehigh.
Tamayo said that on Saturday, March 27, 2010, a citizen called the Lee County Sheriff's Office to report a suspicious vehicle in the area of 75th St. W and Euni... |
| DNR looking into illegal dumping of tires in Warrick Co. |
| 14WFIE.com, 30th March 2010 |
| WARRICK CO., IN (WFIE) - Someone's been dumping hundreds of old tires along Warrick County roads.
Authorities said they've dumped the tires in six spots in northern Warrick County over the past few weeks.
Not only is it unsightly, it's against the law, and the law is now on their trail.
Most tires are pro... |
| Ex-inn owner charged with illegal dumping |
| Pensacola News , 18th March 2010 |
| Law enforcement agents with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection recently arrested Herdeypal Bhatti, 35, former owner of the Ramada Inn Bayview in Pensacola, for improperly storing/disposing solid waste from his business.
“The improper disposal of solid waste can harm the health of humans, wildlife and the... |
 | Billions of PCs 'needlessly scrapped' |
| Telegraph.co.uk, 10th March 2010 |
| Picture: Researchers estimate that 2.5 billion computers will be needlessly scrapped by 2013 because of 'upgrade culture'
The 'relentless pressure' to upgrade to a new computer is creating a mountain of electronic waste, and threatens to become an environmental time bomb, warn researchers at Nottingham University Business... |
 | EU rules against Italy over Naples waste |
| BBC News, 4th March 2010 |
| Picture: Thousands of tonnes of waste clogged the streets of Naples
The EU's top court says Italy breached an EU directive on waste disposal by allowing piles of rubbish to litter the streets of Naples in 2007-2008.
The directive became law in Italy in 2006, but the European Court of Justice says the waste dispos... |
 | The Garbage of Naples: How the Mafia Helped Send Italy's Trash to Germany |
| Spiegel Online, 4th March 2010 |
| Picture: An ongoing problem with waste disposal reached a crisis point in Naples in 2008
German courts have been dealing with an unusual problem. More than 100,000 tons of Italian trash were shipped to eastern Germany, saving a waste treatment plant from bankruptcy. But what could have been a solution to Naples' notorious ... |
| E-waste the World’s Next Largest Man Made Mountain |
| Korea IT Times (press release) , 2nd March 2010 |
| Helen Keller believed, "As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill." How true this is with the quality of life transcending all possibilities of human growth, which is polluting the world's landscape with gadgetry, TVs, computers and cell phones.
I... |
 | Indonesia Takes Tough Stand Over Exports of Toxic Trash |
| Jakarta Globe, 25th February 2010 |
| Picture: Kino, an electronics repairman, right, and his brother restoring a damaged television on Monday. E-waste will rise dramatically in the developing world (Reuters Photo/Enny Nuraheni) within a decade, a recent UN study said.
Nusa Dua, Bali. As wealthy countries eye developing ones as dumping grounds for their haza... |
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