strategy
Campaigning against the export of toxic materials
Synonyms:
Protesting export of hazardous wastes Implementation:
In 1991 the government of El Salvador was approached with an offer to build a City of Goodwill along the Pacific coast. The construction materials were to be 3 million tonnes of ash from USA power plants, reputedly toxic. In 1993, following local and international campaigning, the government refused to accept the offer. Broader:
Protesting environmental issues Narrower:
Punishing war criminals Problems:
Export of hazardous industriesUnsafe hazardous waste disposal
Trading in products containing toxic substances
References:
Norris, Ruth, et al: Pills, Pesticides and Profits: the international trade in toxic substancesOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Transfrontier Movements of Hazardous Wastes: legal and institutional aspectsThird World Network: Toxic Terror: dumping of hazardous wastes in the third worldGuevara, Maria Isolda P: The Basel Convention Export Ban Amendment: Arguments against ratification Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → MaterialCommerce → Import, export
Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Societal Problems → Poison
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
