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Dumping wastes

Synonyms:
Dumping pollution
Implementation:

Companies seek locations with lower regulatory standards than their home-base in order to minimize the costs of production.

Narrower:
Dumping toxic waste
Constrains:
Reducing industrial pollution
Constrained by:
Responding rapidly to oil spills
Enhancing environmental awareness
Adopting precautionary approach to pollution
Facilitates:
Minimizing initial cost factors
Discharging dangerous substances at sea
Facilitated by:
Creating free trade zones
Establishing specially regulated zones
Problems:
Brine disposal
Coal fly-ash
Coal fly-ash
Dumping of consumer waste products
Dumping of consumer waste products
Dumping of consumer waste products
Illicit discharge of dangerous substances
Marine dumping of nuclear waste
Marine dumping of wastes
Trading in products containing toxic substances
Unsanitary refuse disposal
Values:
Dumping
Pollution
Wastage
Organizations:
International Maritime Organization
Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the London Convention/Meeting of Contracting Parties to the London Protocol
Subjects:
Commerce → Conditions of trade
Societal Problems → Pollution
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyGOAL 10: Reduced Inequality

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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