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WASTE CRIME

INTERPOL report alerts to sharp rise in plastic waste crime. LYON, France - A new INTERPOL strategic report on global plastic waste management has found an alarming increase in illegal plastic pollution trade across the world since 2018.

INTERPOL report alerts to sharp rise in plastic waste crime

The report, entitled INTERPOL’s strategical analysis on emerging criminal trends in the global plastic waste market since January 2018, indicates that there has been a considerable increase over the past two years in illegal waste shipments, primarily rerouted to South-East Asia via multiple transit countries to camouflage the origin of the waste shipment. Other key findings include an increase in illegal waste fire and landfills in Europe and Asia, a significant rise in the use of counterfeit documents and fraudulent waste registrations, with case studies from each of the contributing countries illustrating the extent and complexity of the problem. Crime-driven pollution. Fisheries Crime. Fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Money laundering, labour exploitation, corruption and forgery are a small sample of serious crimes commonly committed during illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing today.

Fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Unlike a decade ago, it is not just fishing vessel captains and owners who are responsible for present-day fisheries crime. It is largely down to business executives, public officials, lawyers, accountants and other white-collar professionals. One kilo of Totoaba fish bladder is worth more than 1kg of cocaine on illegal Asian markets - a low risk high rewards alternative fetching up to USD 50,000 per bladder These executive criminals create shell companies in offshore financial havens. What is Fisheries Crime? » FishCRIME. Unseen menace: tracking China’s elusive fishing fleets. INTERPOL: 10 years of fighting environmental crime. The battle against illegal fishing in West Africa. How China's 'dark' fleets are plundering the world's oceans. Dramatic capture operation of illegal Chinese fishing vessels in the Korea Sea.

Human climate ignorance

World's Water Crisis. Rising seawater level. Rising seawater level. Global issue, local solution. ODYSSEY #108 - HONG KONG : Dirty Harry. ODYSSEY #102 - MALAYSIA : Water village under plastic threat. A foundation to preserve water. Etical change. Human change. Stopco2. Paris climate conference. Kyoto climate conference. Climate conferences. Climate summit paris. Klimaatverandering. Cambio climatico. Climate change. The lancet.com climate change. How the Climate Crisis Is Killing Us, in 9 Alarming Charts. Waarom de aardappelboer zijn eigen zaai- en pootgoed niet meer mag gebruiken. Homepage. De nieuwe blauwe zak: gezakt! - DeWereldMorgen.beDeWereldMorgen.be. List of waste types. Afvalverbrandingsinstallatie.

Welkom op www.coenrady.com. SPAIN, The plastic sea of Almeria. Waste dump in river. The Ocean Cleanup. Learn about Ocean Dumping. On this page: What was dumped into the ocean before 1972?

Learn about Ocean Dumping

In the past, communities around the world used the ocean for waste disposal, including the disposal of chemical and industrial wastes, radioactive wastes, trash, munitions, sewage sludge, and contaminated dredged material. Little attention was given to the negative impacts of waste disposal on the marine environment.

Even less attention was focused on opportunities to recycle or reuse such materials. A sea of plastic: Shocking images show how bottles, bags and rubbish are choking our oceans. Massive Wave of GARBAGE - World's largest garbage dumps. Mar de plásticos, The Manta : A giant sailboat on the attack of oceanic plastic pollution. Youtube. The Sea Cleaners : Agir en mer pour réduire la pollution plastique. Lombard Odier. URBAN MINING. How Sweden is turning its waste into gold. Incineration. SYSAV incineration plant in Malmö, Sweden, capable of handling 25 tonnes (28 short tons) per hour of household waste.

Incineration

To the left of the main stack, a new identical oven line is under construction (March 2007). Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials.[1] Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-energy facilities. Incineration and other high-temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". Plastic Wars (full film) Urban Mining: A literal goldmine. China's Waste Ban Is Causing A Trash Crisis In The U.S. (HBO)

#ftrethink < 100 videos and channels. Swiss Private Bank Since 1796. #ewaste. WASTE IMPORT-EXPORT CORRUPTION. URBAN MINING. Triodos Bank. ASN Bank - Kies voor de bank die werkt aan een nieuwe, schonere wereld. Global Alliance – For Banking on Values ~ Independent banks delivering sustainable development for unserved people. Association internationale des investisseurs dans l'économie sociale - Inaise. Home. Boyan Slat talks up his latest invention, The Interceptor. Solar-Powered Water Wheel Cleans Baltimore Harbor. The Ocean Cleanup. The Ocean Cleanup. Chasing the Sun - First world tour on a giant boat powered by solar energy. Planet Solar : Tour du monde à bord du plus grand bateau solaire du monde. First boat to make its own hydrogen fuel from seawater. Energy Observer - World’s First Hydrogen Boat. Energy Observer 2019 innovations. El barco propulsado únicamente por hidrógeno y energías renovables. Bordier, an international banking group. Under The Pole Expeditions - Innovative Underwater Exploration.

Bordier & Cie, Private Bank. The 4ocean Bracelet - Every purchase pulls a pound of plastic from our. #THEOCEANCLEANUP #OCEANCLEANUPTECHNOLOGY. ELECTRIC CATAMARAN. 91' Sailing Freighter Olivier van Meer Design. Sailing A Cargo Schooner - SAILCARGO INC. Timbercoast - Cargo Under Sail. Fairtransport Spirit - Cargo Under Sail. Engineless cargo ship Tres Hombres 2015 - 2016. Dear Future Generations: Sorry. Stand for Trees - Homepage. Conservation International. Time.

Why TIME Devoted an Entire Issue to Climate Change. 1960 !!!! Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 1962 !! El clima somos nosotras: Una carta al mundo (Libros Singulares by Anuna De Wever. Il clima siamo noi. Lettera a tutti by Jeroen Olyslaegers. Wij zijn het klimaat. Een brief aan iedereen by Anuna De Wever. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg. Greta Thunberg: TIME's Person of the Year 2019. Time. Jacobabad's Extreme Heat Could Become the World's New Normal. It’s just after 7 in the morning in the Pakistani city of Jacobabad, and donkey-cart driver Ahsan Khosoo is already drenched in sweat.

Jacobabad's Extreme Heat Could Become the World's New Normal

For the past two hours, the 24-year-old laborer has been hauling jugs of drinking water to local residences. When the water invariably spills from the blue jerricans, it hits the pavement with an audible hiss and turns to steam. Nature Is Speaking: Reese Witherspoon is Home.