Supreme Court asks government to ban import of toxic waste
Seeks changes in hazardous waste rules so that it complies with provisions of the Basel Convention
Oriental Nicety denied entry into India
Supreme Court cites Basel Convention on trans-boundary movement of hazardous waste to stop toxic-laden ship, infamous for the Alaska oil spill of 1989
Misguided shot
The Basel convention guidelines to manage plastic waste miss the point: reducing plastics is the real solution
The way of all waste
Environmentalists and developingcountries managed to stave off an attempt to sabotage the Basel Ban on international trade in hazardous …
Cutting the Gordian knot: Norway’s initiative to combat global plastic jeopardy
The Scandinavian country proposes stronger control of international trade in plastic wastes at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Basel …
Paradigm shift in transborder plastic waste trade
Agreement reached at 14th Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention to make global trade in plastic scrap more transparent and better regulated
Pesky pets
One of the first species domesticated by man, the pigeon is now an invasive species and a pest in many parts of the world
Supreme Court seeks status report on hazardous waste directives
The directives were issued by a monitoring committee appointed by the court on October 14, 2003
Sri Lanka is not anybody’s dumping ground
In a major win, the country's Court of Appeals recently ordered the repatriation of hazardous waste imported from the UK
South America witnessed extreme lightning strikes in 2018, 2019: WMO
While a strike in Brazil travelled the longest distance, one in Argentina lasted for the longest duration recorded till now
South Asia: world's ship scrapping yard
Ship-breaking or recycling industry is growing at a fast rate amid a global downturn in the shipping business and economic slump. This is the …
Basel Convention: Tenth Conference of Parties begins Monday
Meeting may end up defeating the very purpose of the international treaty on hazardous waste says SAVVY SOUMYA MISRA
‘Handling toxic waste is a matter of science, not administration’
Whether it is the dismantling of toxics laden ship from the US, Oriental Nicety, or the clean up of the 350 tonnes of waste lying at the defunct …
Just dump it
Acids of arsenic. Organo-mercury compounds. Batteries. Bristles of boars or hogs. More potent stuff: asbestos; slag dross; ash and residues of …