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  2. Environmental dumping - Wikipedia

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    Environmental harmful product dumping (“environmental dumping”) is the practice of transfrontier shipment of waste (household waste, industrial/nuclear waste, etc.) from one country to another. The goal is to take the waste to a country that has less strict environmental laws , or environmental laws that are not strictly enforced.

  3. List of waste types - Wikipedia

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  4. London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by ...

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    The convention was called for by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (June 1972, Stockholm), the treaty was drafted at the Intergovernmental Conference on the Convention on the Dumping of Wastes at Sea (13 November 1972, London) and it was opened for signature on 29 December 1972. It entered into force on 30 August 1975 when ...

  5. Toxic colonialism - Wikipedia

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    In 1992, 'toxic colonialism' was a phrase coined by Jim Puckett of Greenpeace for the dumping of the industrial wastes of the West on territories of the Third World. [2] The term refers to practices of developed nations who rid themselves of toxic or hazardous waste by shipping it to less developed areas of the world.

  6. Illegal dumping - Wikipedia

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    Illegal dumping at Scales Road, London, England Illegal dumping in a residential subdivision, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Illegal dumping, [1] [2] also called fly dumping or fly tipping (), [3] is the dumping of waste illegally instead of using an authorised method such as curbside collection or using an authorised rubbish dump.

  7. Waste - Wikipedia

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    Waste management is a significant environmental justice issue. Many of the environmental burdens cited above are more often borne by marginalized groups, such as racial minorities, women, and residents of developing nations. NIMBY (not in my back yard) is the opposition of residents to a proposal for a new development because it is close to ...

  8. Chemical dumps in ocean off Southern California - Wikipedia

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    The offshore Palos Verdes Shelf dumping site is an "Operable Unit" of that Montrose Chemical Superfund Site. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] In 1990, the United States and California filed lawsuits against several companies that had industrial facilities near the Palos Verdes peninsula, citing damages to the nearby marine environment.

  9. Category:Waste management - Wikipedia

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