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GREENS CALL ON THAILAND TO BAN ALL IMPORTS OF TOXIC WASTE.
CEBU CITY, April 1 Asia Pulse - Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network (BAN), an international coalition of non-governmental environmental organizations working to halt toxic trade, have called on Thailand to ban the import of all toxic wastes into Thai territory.
It also urged Thailand to join Malaysia, Brunei and China in the Asian region in the ratification of a global agreement that prohibits the export of hazardous wastes from highly industrialized countries to developing countries or countries in transition.
The environmentalists likewise condemned the United Kingdom for its role in contributing to the dumping by not better enforcing its own laws forbidding toxic waste exports.
In the information relayed to the Cebu-based Philippine Environmental Journalists, the environmental groups, demands follow recent discoveries that Thailand is becoming a target for international toxic waste traders.
In recent days, it has been revealed that the Thai ports of Klong Toey in Bangkok, and another private port in Samut Prakan province have been the recipient of about 20 tonnes of hazardous computer and electronic waste, unspecified amounts of hazardous battery and medical wastes, and about 1,000 old tyres.
Some of this waste has been traced to the UK and is now in the process of being returned.
However, most of the waste has no traceable origin and will likely not be able to be returned, and will remain to be disposed of in Thai territory at Thai expense.
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