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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. Ghazipur landfill - Wikipedia

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    The Ghazipur landfill is a landfill waste dumping site established in 1984. It is located in Ghazipur, a village in the eastern district of Delhi, India. [1] The landfill covers an area of approximately 70 acres (28 ha) and reaches heights of over 236 feet (72 m). [2] Ghazipur has become one of the largest landfills in Delhi.

  4. 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.

  5. Category:Waste management - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 26 October 2023, at 21:17 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Dumping - Wikipedia

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    Gastric dumping syndrome, when intestines fill too quickly with undigested food from the stomach; Homeless dumping, medical workers releasing homeless patients on the streets; Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, a 1986 act of the U.S. Congress to prevent "patient dumping" or the refusal to treat people because of inability to pay

  7. Anadarko Petroleum - Wikipedia

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    It was the largest environmental contamination settlement in American history. [39] The environmental contamination sites were inherited by Anadarko after it purchased Kerr-McGee in 2005. As background, in 2006, Kerr-McGee spun off its Tronox subsidiary to offload 70 years of environmental dumping of

  8. Bhrahmapuram landfill - Wikipedia

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    Brahmapuram landfill is an overfilled waste dumping site located in the Indian city of Kochi, Kerala. [1] The Brahmapuram Solid Waste plant located here is owned and operated by the Kochi Corporation. [2] The site is a major source of environmental pollution, fire hazards, and public health and safety issues.

  9. Zero waste - Wikipedia

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    A zero-waste strategy improves upon production processes and improves environmental prevention strategies which can lead to taking larger, more innovative steps. Supports sustainability. A zero-waste strategy supports all three of the generally accepted goals of sustainability - economic well-being, environmental protection, and social well ...