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Ship Recycling is the Commission’s Titanic1 comment

Leo Buonapartis wrote 3 months ago: Maria Damanaki, Commissioner of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, received Sharon Dijksma, Dutch Minis … more →

Tags: Business, Environment, Transport, Shipping, European Commission, OECD, ship recycling, Ship Breaking, Exxon Valdez

Booming Scrap Business: Ship-Breaking Lessons from the Exxon Valdez

demoship wrote 3 months ago: The infamous oil tanker Exxon Valdez is almost completely gone, most of it having already been recyc … more →

Tags: News, Exxon Valdez, ship recycling

Charity’s bank accounts closed over Hamas ties1 comment

Money Jihad wrote 3 months ago: The Al-Aqsa Foundation’s account with the First National Bank of South Africa has been suspended.  T … more →

Tags: News commentary, Al Baraka Banking Group, Al Aqsa foundation, hamas, OFAC, Palestinian territories, South Africa, terrorist financing

Daily Prompt: Free Association, The Earth comforts, and renews us!

keiththegreen wrote 4 months ago: Write down the first words that comes to mind when we say . . . . . . home. Comfort . . . soil. Eart … more →

Tags: A layman's walk in the forest., Living Green, Buddhism, iPhone, Home, Apple, Buddhist, rain, Soil

Banking Regulations- Basel-CAR Regime and Impacts

Jia Berg wrote 6 months ago: This note tries to explain the recent history of banking regulations in western world and other adva … more →

Tags: World Affairs, Finance, Economy, Business, Household Concerns, social science, government debt, Government 2, Central Bank

Re-Geek Lifestyle 8 comments

keiththegreen wrote 6 months ago: I am an environmentalist, not the type ready to live like we did back in the stone age, more the if … more →

Tags: A layman's walk in the forest., Living Green, health, Tech, Environment, recycling, Vancouver, Canada, Buddhist

Euro Zone Economic Woe- Latin American Debt Crisis Comparison & Suggestions1 comment

Jia Berg wrote 6 months ago: The recent unemployment rate in the Euro zone is now 11.3% vs 10.4% in 2011. It is sad that so many … more →

Tags: Finance, Economy, Business, Household Concerns, government debt, Government 2, Central Bank, Culture, global competition

PROCLAMATION NO. 674/2010 A PROCLAMATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND CONTROL OF PESTICIDE1 comment

Abrham Yohannes wrote 8 months ago: DOWNLOAD Proc no. 674-201 Pesticide Registration and Control Proclamation PROCLAMATION NO. 674/2010 … more →

Tags: legislation, Agricultural Law, Pesticide, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Digital Dumping: The Growing Problem of E-waste3 comments

Kevin Behne wrote 9 months ago: In an era of rapidly progressing technology, there is a constant demand for the latest and greatest … more →

Tags: Current Events - Health, Debates in the Development Community, Economics, Africa, Asia, China, e-waste, Electronics, Environment

Supreme Court Bans Hazardous Waste Trade

bargad wrote 10 months ago:   Central Government will have to comply with Basel Convention, ratify Basel Ban Amendment, re- … more →

Tags: Politics, environment, Economy, gopal krishna, Asbestos, Ecology, toxics waste, environment ministry, supreme court on hazardous waste trade

The Dark Side of our Digital Revolution

Katerina Elias-Trostmann wrote 10 months ago: Digitisation – it’s the latest thing and it’s everywhere. Over the last 30 years, increa … more →

Tags: General, Innovation, sustainability, circular economy, closed loop, e-waste, electronic waste, digital revolution, Computers

Ex Exxon Valdez Refused Interim Relief for Entry by Supreme Court Citing UN’s Basel Convention

bargad wrote 1 year ago: Ex Exxon Valdez Refused Interim Relief for Entry by Supreme Court Citing UN’s Basel Convention Inter … more →

Tags: environment, gopal krishna, Government of India, maritime, Ecological crisis, toxics waste, alang ship breaking industry, Supreme Court of India, Exxon Valdez

Supreme Court’s Order Seeking Compliance with UN’s Basel Convention Welcomed

bargad wrote 1 year ago:   New Delhi 10/05/2012: ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA) welcomes the order of Justice Altamas Kabir … more →

Tags: environment, Economy, gopal krishna, Alang, Gujarat, maritime, alang ship breaking industry, supreme court on ships

Press Release: Alang shipyard remains a major security concern

Intercultural Resources wrote 1 year ago: Press Release Alang beach remains a security concern, 5924 end-of-life ships beached so far Ex- US t … more →

Tags: Press Releases, India, New Delhi, Exxon Valdez, Rotterdam Convention, Precautionary Principle, SS Independence, Oriental Nicety

Mass Production1 comment

leiulf wrote 1 year ago: For my Art 273 class we were asked to participate in an on-line contest. The website Good50x70 calls … more →

Tags: Class Assignments, Art, Events, Photography, Graphic Design, Leiulf Clausen, clark college, Photoshop, e-waste

ALUMINIUM SMELTING BY-PRODUCTS

Shashi Kallada wrote 1 year ago: Aluminium is made mainly from bauxite ore. Australia is one of the biggest suppliers of bauxite ore … more →

Tags: imdg code, , ALUMINIUM SMELTING BY-PRODUCTS, Dangerous Goods, IMSBC Code, proper shipping name, Aluminium smelting, aluminium dross

TRANSPORT OF WASTES

Shashi Kallada wrote 1 year ago: For sea transport wastes which are dangerous goods must be transported in accordance with the provis … more →

Tags: imdg code, waste, BASEL CONVENTION, Dangerous Goods, Environment

Basel Convention Secretariat Publish Report Assessing state of e-waste in Africa

Computer Aid International wrote 1 year ago: The secretariat of the Basel Convention last week published a report looking into the current state … more →

Tags: Green IT, weee!, e-waste, ICT's and the Environment, waste management facilities, computer aid, Illegal Import, eWaste, GreenIT

E-waste in Africa: potential for green economic growth?

Green wrote 1 year ago: A recent report entitled “Where are WEEE in Africa? Findings from the Basel Convention E-waste Afric … more →

Tags: green economy, Rio+20, Sustainable Waste Management, e-waste, Green Electronics, green economy, Africa, waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE), E-waste Africa Programme


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