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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 dumping soars across city |
| Lancashire Evening Post (USA), 20th January 2010 |
| Fly-tipping in Preston has soared by more than 50% compared to four years ago.
Official figures show the city suffered 4,864 fly tipping cases between April 2008 and March 2009 – the third highest in the county and a 54.2% increase on 2004/5 - and only three people were prosecuted.Earlier this month the council revealed ... |
| Prosecutors: Truck Driver Caused $60,000 In Environmental Damage |
| TheDenverChannel.com (USA), 19th January 2010 |
| -- A statewide grand jury has indicted Steven James Yedo, 45, on suspicion of illegally dumping gasoline on land owned by Union Pacific Railroad, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced on Tuesday.
Yedo, a driver who routinely transported petroleum products from his employer's refinery in Greeley to consumers, is... |
| Thousands Of Tires Dumped Illegally In Rockingham County |
| WFMY News 2 (USA), 16th January 2010 |
| Investigators say thousands upon thousands of tires were discovered in an illegal dump in Rockingham County after a neighbor watched someone drop a few off. Rockingham County, NC -- Code enforcement officer Tinker Woods says its not tens, or hundreds, but thousands and thousands of tires left to rot at the end of a dead end... |
 | Toxic waste dumped in Mariouteya canal |
| Al-Masry Al-Youm by Mona Yassin Maha Bahnasawy Yousry ElHawary, 11th January 2010 |
| Picture: Dead fish in Ter'et Al-Mariotia
Masry Al-Youm has obtained official documents proving that seven different industrial and agricultural pipelines have been dumping hazardous waste into Cairo's Mariouteya canal, explaining why tons of dead fish have recently been seen floating on the canal's surface.
The documents ... |
| UN to probe violations in India's shipbreaking, e-waste businesses |
| Business Standard (India), 8th January 2010 |
| ’s alleged eco-unfriendly and labour-unfriendly policies, particularly in shipbreaking activities in Gujarat and on e-waste disposal, are going to be probed from next week, when the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur Okechukwu Ibeanu undertakes a fact-finding mission.
Okechukwu is tasked to oversee “the adverse effec... |
| Man arrested for illegal dumping in Knappa waterway |
| The Daily Astorian (USA), 5th January 2010 |
| KNAPPA - Deputies have made one arrest after an illegal dumping investigation.
On Dec. 26, the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office, acting on a citizen's tip, began investigating the unlawful dumping of more than one dozen large plastic bags containing household garbage. These items were deposited into a pond feeding Ferris Cr... |
| Company must pay $100K for illegal dumping |
| Torrington Register Citizen, 4th January 2010 |
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PLYMOUTH — A local company has been ordered to pay the state $100,000 after reaching a settlement that determined it dumped toxic chemicals into the town’s sewage treatment system.
The Plymouth-based Phoenix Products Company, which makes chemicals for pools, cosmetics and water treatment, had been dealing with allega... |
 | $10,000 fine for burning rubbish |
| Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd., 4th January 2010 |
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Picture taken from / By: Google
Burning household rubbish in backyards is illegal with offenders facing a fine of up to $10,000 if found guilty.
This was confirmed by the Environment Department legal officer Orisi Baleikasavu following public complaints on the matter. “Open burning is illegal under the Environment Man... |
| China seizes 8,500 tons of smuggled waste tires from US |
| China Daily, 1st January 2010 |
| The Chinese customs authority said it had seized more than 8,500 tons of highly-polluting used tires smuggled from the United States, the biggest amount in recent years.
Smugglers pretended they were importing rubber and shipped the pollutants to the coastal city of South China's Guangzhou via Hong Kong between December 2... |
 | Main Line dentist opts for trial in Shore dumping |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer. By Jacqueline L. Urgo , 4th December 2009 |
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Photo: Thomas McFarland is accused of fouling Avalon, N.J., beaches with medical waste.
HOUSE - A Main Line dentist will go to trial in April in state Superior Court in Cape May County on charges that he dumped hundreds of pieces of medical waste into a Jersey Shore waterway and fouled Avalon beaches in August 2008.
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