In June and October 1999, Greenpeace International visited the municipal and medical waste incinerator complex near Phuket, Thailand, both in order to collect samples of incinerator ashes stored on site for chemical analysis. This reports reveals...
A report offering an outline of a solid waste management strategy for Metropolitan Manila. This strategy places precedence on disposal reduction through waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
The following report poses questions and answers to expose why CETPs do not work. They also make an argument for stopping all further investments in this ineffective technology and focus instead on real solution that take us on the path to clean...
In September 1999, Greenpeace collected wastewater and sediment samples from and around the effluent outlets of two factories – Chemphil and Republic Asahi. The samples were analyzed at the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of...
A briefing paper on Toxic Trade and the Basel Ban
A briefing paper on landfills.
A briefing paper on clean production.
A briefing paper on the lethal legacy of toxic wastes brought about by irresponsible use, storage and disposal of hazardous materials including persistent organic pollutants such as Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides.
The environmental pressure group Greenpeace called on the Thai government to act swiftly and decisively against incineration of waste as well as the continuing indiscriminate use of hospital waste incinerators after a recent study linked...
In a feisty fluvial demonstration involving 100 fishing boats, Greenpeace activists from nine countries today joined local communities in Samut Prakarn province in protest against the construction of a controversial Asian Development Bank (ADB)...
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