Toxic Trade News (1999)

• India Pushes for Changes on Basel Waste Trade Rules - 17 December 1999
• Metals Recyclers Welcome Basel Waste Declaration - 17 December 1999
• Philippines: Tough Talk on Waste Shipment with Japan - 14 December 1999
• Former UNEP Chief Blasts United States for Failing to Ratify 10-Year Old Basel Pact - 10 December 1999
• Hazardous Waste Insurers Seen Ready to Meet Demand for Cross-Border Liability Coverage - 10 December 1999
• Metals Recyclers Still Face Threat from Green Laws - 10 December 1999
• Hazardous Waste Agreement on Liability Protocol Reached - 10 December 1999
• Toxic Waste Treaty Declares Next Decade: No Time for Waste - 10 December 1999
• Compensation and Liability Protocol Adopted by Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes - 10 December 1999
• Government Ministers Set Prioties for Next Decade of Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes - 10 December 1999
• Greenpeace Swoops In Alang Scrapping Protest - 9 December 1999
• India: Activists Chain Themselves to Toxic Ship - 9 December 1999
• I’m Innocent Says Taiwanese Waste Importer - 4 December 1999
• Return to Sihanoukville - 4 December 1999
• Taiwan: The ‘Island of Poison - 4 December 1999
• Showdown in Seattle: Environment at Stake - 24 November 1999
• Bus Billboard Campaign Points Fingers at WTO - 12 November 1999
• Protesters Prepare to Make Views Known at Trade Summit - 12 November 1999
• Critics of WTO Launch Ad Blitz - 12 November 1999
• Outdoor Advertising Campaign Aimed at WTO Launched in Seattle - 11 November 1999
• France Says No To FPG’s Toxic Waste - 11 November 1999
• Greenpeace Steps Up Ship Scrap Protest - 10 November 1999
• Taiwanese Conglomerate Stymied Again Trying to Get Rid of Toxic Waste - 8 November 1999
• 4600 Tonnes of Taiwanese Toxic Wastes Will Not be Imported to France - 8 November 1999
• WTO Rules May Bring Toxic Waste to U.S. Dumps - 5 November 1999
• WTO Seen as Threat to Public Health - 4 November 1999
• WTO Serves Polluters not the Public - 4 November 1999
• Special Interests Hijack Waste Amendment — Czech Republic - 1 November 1999
• FPG Under Pressure to Find Solution to Problem of Its Wandering Waste - 19 October 1999
• Mozambique: Government Still Undecided on Pesticides - 17 October 1999
• Formosa Takes Flak in France over Waste Plans - 1 October 1999
• ">PCBs ‘R’ Us - September/October 1999
• Asian Poisons to France: Green Groups say No to “Free Trade” in Toxic Wastes - 30 September 1999
• " target="_self">Navy Picks Port Firm to Break Ships - 30 September 1999
• Taiwanese Firm Wants to Ship Controversial Waste to France - 23 September 1999
• FPG Waste May be Sent to France - 21 September 1999
• Residents Vow to Block Formosa Plastics Waste - 19 September 1999
• Trade Unions Environmentalists Join Hands to Challenge Dirty Shipbreaking in Asia - 21 September 1999
• EPA Targeted by Local Officials Over FPG Waste - 17 September 1999
• Mercury-Tainted Sludge to be Shipped Back - 15 September 1999
• Chinese to Ban Chemicals and Processes from Investment - 10 September 1999
• Rich Countries Run From Hazardous Waste Victims Compensation Accord - 3 September 1999
• Trading Trash: Why the U.S. Won’t Sign on to the Basel Convention - August 1999
• Cambodian Activists Found Innocent Over Toxic Dumping Protests - 23 August 1999
• High Hopes for Agreement on Hazardous Wastes Liability Regime - 17 August 1999
• Formosa’s Choices Getting Slimmer - 15 August 1999
• FPG in Bind Over Toxic Waste - 8 August 1999
• FPG Waste to Stay in Kaohsiung for Another 45 Days - 6 August 1999
• Taiwan to Bury Mercury-laced Waste at Home - 5 August 1999
• Coalition Stops Waste Shipment - 4 August 1999
• Danish Environmental Committee Open to the Possibility of Exporting Mozambican Toxic Waste to Denmark for Safe Treatment - 26 July 1999
• Idaho Firm Drops Toxic Waste Import: Labor / Environment Groups Call for Action Against Waste Trafficking - 25 July 1999
• Taiwan Toxic Waste No Longer Headed to Northwest Site - 24 July 1999
• Despite Acquittal Rights Workers Got Message - 23 July 1999
• Potentially Dangerous Barrels Not En Route to Tacoma - 23 July 1999
• Coalition Halts Toxic Shipment: Taiwan Waste Cargo Taken Off Vessel Bound for Tacoma - 23 July 1999
• Contaminated Waste Shipment Stopped At Harbor - 23 July 1999
• First Shipment of Toxic Waste from Taiwan to USA Stopped by Longshoremen and Environmentalists - 22 July 1999
• Toxic Barrels on Way to Tacoma? - 22 July 1999
• Obsolete Pesticides Leave Mozambicans with $600000 Problem - 22 July 1999
• European Union Adopts Two Annexes to Basel Traty on Waste Movements - 21 July 1999
• 2 Human Rights Activists Acquitted in Cambodia - 21 July 1999
• Rights Workers Cleared in Cambodia - 21 July 1999
• Riot Case Dropped Against Cambodian Rights Workers - 21 July 1999
• India Allows Freeports of Banned Hazardous Wastes - 17 July 1999
• Thais Protest at U.S. Embassy - 14 July 1999
• Thai NGO Demands U.S. Action on Agent Orange - 14 July 1999
• India Allowing Import of Toxic Wastes: Greenpeace - 14 July 1999
• India: MOEF Violates Supreme Court Order: Opens Floodgates to Waste Trade - 14 July 1999
• U.S. Group Says World Watches Cambodia Waste Trial - 9 July 1999
• Government Okayed Toxic Waste - 9 July 1999
• Scrapping Solutions Aired - 8 July 1999
• Rights Workers Go On Trial in Cambodia - 8 July 1999
• Scrapping Initiative Hinges on Acceptance of Lower Values - 3 July 1999
• IMO Fires Up Scrap Debate - 3 July 1999
• World Bank Accused of Promoting Medical Waste Incinerators - 28 June 1999
• World Bank Puts Developing Countries Under Dioxin Cloud - 25 June 1999
• Amsterdam Scrapping Accord Dumped at Summit - 24 June 1999
• 1st Global Ship Scrapping Summit: Raising Awareness — Considering Actions - 24 June 1999
• Ship Scrapping Knocked But Alternatives Elusive - 23 June 1999
• Cambodian Court Convicts Taiwan Men Over Dumping - 17 June 1999
• ">Cambodia Opens Trial of Toxic Waste Importers - 16 June 1999
• Six on Trial for Importing Taiwan Toxic Waste to Cambodia - 16 June 1999
• Haiti: No Welcome Mat for Return of U.S. Toxic Waste - 13 June 1999
• Toxic Waste that may Come through Tacoma not Dangerous Says Official - 11 June 1999
• Toxic Waste That Caused Rioting in Cambodia Might be Sent to Idaho - 10 June 1999
• Port May Handle Toxic Waste: Mercury-Laced Substance From Taiwan is Destined for Idaho - 10 June 1999
• Taiwan Company Wants to Ship Toxic Waste Through Puget Sound Ports - 10 June 1999
• Plan to Ship Asian Toxic Waste into Idaho via Puget Sound Denounced - 9 June 1999
• Mozambique: Campaigners Halt Danish-Funded Project - 7 June 1999
• Storm Over Moz Waste Incinerator - 4 June 1999
• Taiwan: EPA May Give FPG 60 More Days to Dispose of Toxic Waste - 3 June 1999
• Cambodia Human Rights Pair to be Tried for Waste Protest - 1 June 1999
• International Scrapping Plan Stirs New Row - 31 May 1999
• Environmental Rules Seen as Tightening for Scrap - 26 May 1999
• Scrap Metal Trade Grapples with Green Regulations - 24 May 1999
• Bryan Calls Mercury Proposal “Misguided” - 21 May 1999
• Namibia: Toxic Waste Import Fears in Africa - 17 May 1999
• US-Mexico: Mountain of Tires Fuels Fears of Fire - 17 May 1999
• Nevada May Ban Mercury Sludge - 14 May 1999
• Another ‘Scrap’ Ship Coming to Philippines - 12 May 1999
• Council Decision on Waste Shipments Body - 11 May 1999
• No Decision Yet on Incinerating Pesticides in Mozambique - 11 May 1999
• Shipping Company Hamburg Sud Rejects Greenpeace Accusations: Oetker Shipping Group to Solve Asbestos Problems Before Scrapping - 10 May 1999
• Firm Stops Greenpeace Inspection in Philippines - 10 May 1999
• Controversial Sludge May Come to Nevada - 10 May 1999
• Greenpeace Protests Against Dr. Oetker Food Company Exporting Asbestos to Asia - 10 May 1999
• Toxic’ Vessels Bound for Cebu - 8 May 1999
• Mercury-Laced Sludge may be Coming to State - 8 May 1999
• Insurers are Wary of Pact on International Agreement - 4 May 1999
• Taiwan Chemical Giant Seeking Alternative Site for Industrial Waste - 3 May 1999
• Town Protests Tons of U.S. Toxic Wastes Dumped in – 1986 - 30 April 1999
• Hazardous Waste Nations Hope to Finish Work in September on Draft Liability Protocol to Basel Treaty - 27 April 1999
• Basel Convention to Tackle Shipbreaking Issue - 27 April 1999
• European Union Parliament Votes to Approve EU Adoption of International List of Hazardous Wastes - 26 April 1999
• Basel Talks Advance Hazwaste Emergency Response Compensation - 23 April 1999
• India May Allow Zinc Ash Lead Scrap Imports Soon - 23 April 1999
• Hong Kong Environmental Activists Protest to Dutch Minister over Waste - 16 April 1999
• Protesters Greet Dutch Deputy Prime Minister in Hong Kong - 16 April 1999
• Report Opposes Incineration of Pesticides - 14 April 1999
• Hong Kong Greenpeace Stage Protest over Scrapping of Toxic Waste Ships in China - 12 April 1999
• P & O Nedlloyd: Stop Toxic Trade - 12 April 1999
• Environmentalists Want FPG <a href="http://archive.ban.org/ban_news/3environmentalists.html Waste out of Kaohsiung in – 60 Days - 9 April 1999
• Hazardous Wastes Talks to Consider Liability Regime for Basel Convention - 9 April 1999
• Ship with FPG’s Mercury-Laced Waste Enters Kaohsiung Harbor - 9 April 1999
• Cambodia Sends Toxic Waste Back Home - 2 April 1999
• FPG Instructed to Handle its Mercury-Laced Waste Properly - 1 April 1999
• Toxic Waste to be Dumped in Taiwan - 1 April 1999
• Toxic Waste Heads Back to Taiwan - 1 April 1999
• Firm Drops Plans to Import Toxic Waste from Cambodia - 1 April 1999
• Taiwan Taking Back Cambodia Mercury Waste For Now - 1 April 1999
• Victory for Environmental Justice: Waste Returning to Formosa Plastics - 31 March 1999
• Cambodia Says Good Riddance as Taiwan Toxic Waste Goes to US - 31 March 1999
• Taiwanese Waste Due to Leave Cambodia on Friday - 30 March 1999
• Battle Brews over Accepting Foreign Toxic Waste - 26 March 1999
• International Toxic Scandal Grows: California Communities Refuse to Become Next Dump - 24 March 1999
• Toxic Waste from Asia Heads to State - 23 March 1999
• Indian Unions Greenpeace: Toxic Ship Sneaked In - 20 March 1999
• Cambodia Waste to be Dumped in California - 12 March 1999
• Taiwan Chemical Giant in Cambodia for Toxic Waste Cleanup - 11 March 1999
• Shipbreaking: A Poisonous Job - 11 March 1999
• Toxic Waste Scandal From Italy Not Closed - 9 March 1999
• Caribbean Calls for Halt to Nuke Waste Shipments - 8 March 1999
• Toxic Waste in Taiwan - 4 March 1999
• Asia’s Toxic Formula for Waste - 4 March 1999
• P & O Sale Could Spark Row - 3 March 1999
• Interview – Scrap Metal Needs Waste Tag – EU Official - 2 March 1999
• Cambodia-Formosa Plastics Waste Pact Falls Short - 1 March 1999
• Formosa Plastics: Getting Away With “Murder”? - 27 February 1999
• Interview – UNEP Link-up to Attack Toxic Waste Trade - 26 March 1999
• Norway Proposes Global Rules on Ship Scrapping - 25 February 1999
• Taiwanese Company Agrees to Clean Up Toxic Waste Dump - 25 February 1999
• Taiwan Company Signs Waste Deal - 25 February 1999
• Accord Signed to Ship Cambodian Waste Out in Two Months - 25 February 1999
• Cambodia Taiwan Company Sign Waste Deal - 25 February 1999
• Mozambique: Cost of Pesticide Incineration Rises - 23 February 1999
• EU Firms Reluctantly Accept Waste Definition - 23 February 1999
• Mozambique: Incineration Project Under Fire - 22 February 1999
• Shipbreaking Indefensible Says Greenpeace - 19 February 1999
• Workers at Shipyards Face Serious Health Hazards - 18 February 1999
• Indians at Shipreaking Yards Face Health Hazards - 18 February 1999
• Greenpeace: Shipbreaking Poses Hazard to Workers - 18 February 1999
• International Chamber of Shipping Developing Some Proposals to Resolve Environmental Issue - 18 February 1999
• Shipbreaking is Dangerously Polluting - 18 February 1999
• Three Government Officials Indicted Over Taiwan Toxic Waste - 15 February 1999
• Three Cambodian’s Charged Over Taiwan Toxic Waste - 15 February 1999
• US Won’t Prosecute Chemical Waste Company for Waste Shipments - 13 February 1999
• Singapore Indonesia Talk Dirty in Singapore - 9 February 1999
• European Parliament Approves Controls on Waste Exports to Developing Nations - 9 February 1999
• Minitom is Prepared to Illegaly Import Nuclear Waste From US to Russia - 8 February 1999
• Accord to Ship Taiwan Waste Out in Two Months - 5 February 1999
• Taiwan Firm to Clear Cambodia Waste in 60 Days - 5 February 1999
• Formosa Plastics Sets Partial Timetable to Remove Cambodian Waste - 5 February 1999
• Cambodian Officials in Taipei Over Waste - 5 February 1999
• Cambodian Authorities Seek Nine Over Toxic Waste - 29 January 1999
• Us Extends Criminal Investigation of Mercury Waste Exporter — Environmentalists Urge “Return to Sender” - 28 January 1999
• Thor Toxic Waste Campaign - 27 January 1999
• Opposition Chief Vows Justice Over Cambodia Waste - 25 January 1999
• US Groups Want US Waste Sent Back from South Africa - 24 January 1999
• Asbestos Demands ‘Not Feasible’ - 23 January 1999
• Groups Call for RCRA Charges in Mercury Waste Shipment Case - 22 January 1999
• WHO Tells NGOs Team to Change Toxic Report - 22 January 1999
• US Company on Virge of Impunity for Shipping Toxic Waste to South Africa - 21 January 1999
• Activists Say Waste Dump Worst Case in Recent Times - 20 January 1999
• Cambodia Urged to Ink International Treaty on Hazardous Waste - 19 January 1999
• Taiwan Co. Blasted for Toxic Dumping - 19 January 1999
• Greenpeace Rights Groups Blast Taiwan over Cambodia Toxic Dumping - 19 January 1999
• Taiwan Waste in Cambodia Said to Contain Mercury - 19 January 1999
• Added Tests on Cambodia Waste Urged as More Found - 19 January 1999
• Cambodia: Green Groups Call For Adequate Tests Return of Wastes and a Full Ban on Toxic Waste Imports - 19 January 1999
• Cambodia Rights Workers Should be Released — UN - 17 January 1999
• Cambodia Minister Blasts Taiwan Waste Report - 16 January 1999
• Greenpeace Warns of Russia Plan to Import N-Waste - 15 January 1999
• Greenpeace Hopes For China Action on Toxic Waste - 12 January 1999
• ">Green Activists Stage Ship Protest - 12 January 1999
• Maritime Metals Unions Back Asia Ship Waste Action - 12 January 1999
• `Toxic’ Ship Draws Flak in Singapore - 11 January 1999
• Greenpeace Holds Toxic Waste Protest in Singapore - 11 January 1999
• Environmentalists Protest Toxic Ship Export to Asia - 11 January 1999
• WHO Gives All-Clear to Waste Despite Massive Mercury Readings - 8 January 1999
• Cambodia Town’s “Luck” Leaves Illness in its Wake - 4 January 1999
• Gas Leak Kills Six Alang Labourers - 3 January 1999
• Cambodia a Land of Uncertain Justice - 3 January 1999
• Taiwan Firm to Ship Mercury Waste to US or Europe - 3 January 1999
• Cambodia Says Taiwanese Firm to Take Back Waste - 1 January 1999
• Call for All Governments to Join Basel Convention Ban in Wake of Cambodian Toxic Dumping Scandal - 1 January 1999