Fisheries

 PUERTO RICO

A Puerto Rican hotel has been directed to pay a large sum of money as penalty for discharging sewage into the Caribbean Sea. Arnold Benus, the president of Copamarina Beach Resort in Guanica, was

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Pollution, Caribbean Sea, Waste Disposal, Puerto Rico
India

 Pollution Pvt. Ltd.

A polluting industrial unit in Gujarat continues to operate, despite the state Pollution Control Board issuing notices to shut it down

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
Suverchala Kashyap
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Chemical Industry, Waste Disposal, Industrial Workers, Legislation, India, Gujarat, Environmental Security, Toxic Wastes
Sanitation

 ARGENTINA

The amount of solid waste generated in Buenos Aires has increased by 30 per cent in the last 10 years. This was found during the first-ever study on the city's solid waste. In 1991, the average daily

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Europe, Argentina
Environment

 FOLLOW UP

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has confirmed that mercury-contaminated glass pieces were dumped at various locations in Kodaikanal by a thermometer factory of Unilever, a

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Tags:
Environment, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Mercury, Greenpeace, India, Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal
Environment

 SOUTH AFRICA

One of the main causes of pollution in South Africa is plastic packa

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Environment, Plastics, Waste Disposal, South Africa
Economy

 Plastic conundrum

More than a 100 million tonnes of plastic is produced world-wide each year. Though plastics have opened the way for a plethora of new inventions and devices it has also ended up clogging the drains

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 30, 2001
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Health Effects, Economy, Plastics, Waste Disposal, Asia, Europe, Waste Recycling
Environment

 A system in shambles

Weak, corrupt and ineffective

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Environment, Pollution Control, Waste Disposal, Industry, Legislation, CSE, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pollution
Environment

 The road ahead

The current method of environmental regulation has failed to monitor industrial pollution in India. It is not just ineffective but expensive too. Some countries are using alternative approaches but with mixed results

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Environment, Pollution Control, Waste Disposal, Industry, Legislation, CSE, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pollution
Industry

 Toxicity sealed!

Unilever shuts down its mercury concentration camp in Kodaikanal

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Mercury, Industry, Greenpeace, India, Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal, Toxic Wastes
India

 Take it back

European and Japanese manufacturers are made responsible for recycling their products

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
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Tags:
Environment, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Products, Industry, Legislation, Japan, Europe, Belgium, India, European Union (EU), Computers, Electronics

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