Refuse from US industry is dumped in Guinea, from Italy in Nigeria, from Germany in Turkey, from Japan in Thailand, from Britain in Equatorial Guinea. The garbage laden Khian Sea is a homeless floating hazard. The dangerous toxic throwaways generated by Western industry are expensive to deal with, dumping them on countries that are desperate for foreign exchange is a cheap and convenient way of putting them out of mind. But why generate them in the first place? Or, if they are inescapable, why not deal with them in their country of origin? Only profit demands that they be dumped on the poor of this world. This book describes the ways in which the very idea of "waste" needs re-examination as well as revealing the scale of the scandal.
- ISBN10 1853830615
- ISBN13 9781853830617
- Publish Date 27 August 1991
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Earthscan Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 160
- Language English