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22 Mar 2012

Author:
Ingvild Jenssen, NGO Shipbreaking Platform

NGO warns EU ship recycling proposal will not stop the dumping of toxic ships

A day before the European Commission presents its proposal for regulating the dismantling of toxic end-of-life ships, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform…reiterated its call on Europe to stop the unjust practice of dumping toxic ships on the poorest communities of South Asia and already identified important areas in the upcoming proposal that will need to be strengthened…The Platform is concerned that the proposal, which will be published tomorrow, will do little to reverse the current trend of unsafe beach breaking with no care for waste management in developing countries…

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