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Britain's dirty little secret as a dumper of toxic waste

timesonline.co.uk — Britain was accused yesterday of dumping toxic household and industrial waste in developing countries on two continents in breach of an international convention.

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  • Chairboy, on 07/20/2009, -3/+25I blame it on the accent. Everything sounds sophisticated and reasonable when said in a cultured british accent.

    1:"Tallyho, good chap, we'll just be putting these leaking barrels over there by your house."
    2:"Oh, ok. Thank you!"
    1:"Bob's your uncle. Tut tut, cheerio and all that."
    2:(swoon)
  • ZenMojo, on 07/20/2009, -1/+11First, this has nothing to do with the United States. Second, if those companies were concerned about global pollution, they wouldn't be polluting globally. The EPA of the last 8 years has done nothing to actually protect the environment, slashing protected species rolls and looking the other way while corporations pollute. Even the Supreme Court stepped in to drop a fine to below the cleanup cost of the Exxon-Valdez spill.

    If that's your idea of jackbooted, then you're essentially saying that you want no oversight, no protections, and no interference from government because corporations are all just really nice people whose externalities they will gladly clean up if you ask them politely over a glass of wine while some smooth jazz is playing on the stereo.

    Which is a good idea because the next part is when they ***** you in the ass raw dog, so they'll have to loosen you up first.
  • MelvinSchlubman, on 07/20/2009, -0/+9RTA. FTA: "investigation into two British companies linked to 90 shipping containers containing 1,400 tonnes of waste."

    This appears to be a typical case of *private enterprise* (not gov't) misbehaving so it could lower costs. I'd be more surprised if the Brit gov't did this than if private businesses did.
  • JustJoe4Life, on 07/20/2009, -1/+9It was like that when we got there.
  • anonymous10, on 07/20/2009, -2/+9And they did it with debonair sophistication.
  • computershack, on 07/20/2009, -0/+6Err..lets get the story right.

    A Brazilian businessman working in the UK as a waste disposal company sent 3 containers of toxic ***** to his native country in a case of international fly tipping.
  • GreenAlien, on 07/20/2009, -0/+6This was the work of two companies, not the UK government. The fact they've launched an investigation shows this is not accepted practice. With the Brazilian case, the company in the UK was run by a Brazilian so I'm not sure how much say the British had in this. Sounds like a scam by a couple of companies which wont be in business much longer...
  • Scorps111, on 07/20/2009, -0/+5So thats where the nigerians get there computers from.
  • deema1, on 07/20/2009, -0/+5I blame Gwynneth Paltrow.
  • Mankind121, on 07/20/2009, -1/+6Planet rape is no laughing matter. Unless you're raping a clown planet.
  • zeth006, on 07/20/2009, -2/+6This is nothing new. There was a BBC article that covered western countries' propensity for dumping discarded computers in African countries where they would create waste hazards.
  • Chairboy, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4It's mostly the BBC's coverage of the 1938 Olympics in Berlin. Why, have they put out more?
  • kaosethema, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4oasis, babyshambles and winehouse
  • shodanx, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4you're relying on companies to be concerned about pollution to curb their own pollution
    how hopelessly naive of you
  • snarkastic, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Just how old is the British TV you've been watching?
  • Swivelstick, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3The EPA that is run by the corporations? No all the EPA did was to become like the FDA which is become the puppet of the corporations if you don't believe that look up the history of the individuals that hold the power in these esteemed organizations
  • Presbyterian, on 07/20/2009, -5/+8Are you dumb?.

    The British Empire did more planet raping than any country can ever dream of.
  • bakamas, on 07/20/2009, -1/+4When countries illegally (yes, making a shady deal with a warlord should be illegal too) dump waste on third world countries, they should be made to clean it up, and pay a fine to the residents of the affected area.
  • raggles, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3We are good at being bad.
  • Presbyterian, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2Or at the very least, their ships should be hijacked and ransomed.
  • akchrs, on 07/20/2009, -1/+3before they edited it, it said plant rape.
  • sndream, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1"linked to 90 shipping containers containing 1,400 tonnes of waste. They included syringes, condoms and nappies. "

    This sound make up, I can understand the syringes. But unless British collects condoms and nappies separately, I don't see how they can end up in Brazil.
  • xxmjumpman23xx, on 07/20/2009, -4/+5Britain's environmental destruction is nothing compared to America's. What they did is still despicable but we have much more serious problems on our own shores.
  • RonPauls, on 07/20/2009, -5/+6And there are still people who want to make government bigger and give it more control over the environment. lol.
  • keltin, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Because he is hopelessly wrong.
  • gizram84, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1not acknowledging blame in typical foreign fashion. you sound like a spoiled little baby trying to blame your older sibling for something you know you did. your pathetic attitude disgusts me.
  • raggles, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Thank you, akchrs. It was funnier that way.
  • uberduger, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Shame that you're the first person to RTFA.
  • anonymous10, on 07/20/2009, -9/+10Oh well, it'll still take Britain a while to catch up with America's planet rape.
  • JanSimpson, on 07/20/2009, -2/+2Nah say it aint so -
  • ementalo, on 07/20/2009, -0/+0Unless they hijack the ship containing waste.

    "Hi, gov't here, you can keep the ship, we don't wan't it"

    *pats on backs all round
  • HappyScrappy, on 07/20/2009, -1/+1The waste in question was biohazardous (potentially), not toxic.
  • anonymous10, on 07/20/2009, -0/+0Pft. What America can't eat, they bomb, and what they can't bomb they build factories on.

    Did you know that for each leg of every pair of Levis made, a small, starving Chinese child has been beaten with a stick whilst being forced to watch an American dude mockingly eating a Big Mac?

    Sobering stuff, huh?
  • solid12345, on 07/20/2009, -1/+1This is nothing new, western Europe used to pay the USSR to dump their waste all over Eastern Europe as well. And yet the EU bitches at us about not signing Kyoto.
  • FastTadpole, on 07/20/2009, -2/+1The core is ethics, a culture of greed is repondsible for this, government organizations such as the EPA act against this as best they can. Unfortunately what we have happening is a lot of lawyering going on and proving some chemicals to be harmless or even beneficial to health and environment (like flouride). If this fails the waste is disposed somewhere where the laws are not as tight or non-existant, and there will always be profit, on the dumping and the end destination, in waste dumping sites/coutries to make/save a buck (or a pound). What is needed to surb this is to educate the public and then concerted lobby agsinst governments or the boycott of corporations that participate in such activities.
  • ChadTable, on 07/20/2009, -5/+4Well... gotta throw our ***** somewhere.
  • solid12345, on 07/20/2009, -2/+1David Icke is that you?
  • pak314, on 07/20/2009, -2/+1I was wondering how long this would take to become a "bash the Americans" thread.
  • keltin, on 07/20/2009, -2/+1Don't be a jackas-s XXman. You sound like one of those leftwing nutjobs who'd rather shoot a human than allow them to breath any CO2 into the air.
  • suhredayan, on 07/20/2009, -2/+0Poor regions, particularly Africa, appear at greatest risk from the projected effects of global warming, while their emissions have been small compared to the developed world. On top of that developed nations dump their waste too there!
  • raggles, on 07/20/2009, -6/+4Why did someone digg you down? That was hilarious.
  • gerogerohey, on 07/20/2009, -5/+3Its the royal family, they have alot to answer for. Stop hiding behind the countries name and people, and show your true alien lizard nature. Then i'll tip my tin foil hat to you.
  • genitalben, on 07/20/2009, -4/+2Good job getting a little America bashing in there.
  • heliumflash, on 07/20/2009, -5/+2That's because we are a much bigger economy dumbass.
  • genitalben, on 07/20/2009, -5/+0and you're relying on the government to make it any better, what does that make you?
  • akchrs, on 07/20/2009, -6/+2North America? South America? Central America?
  • darkhero, on 07/20/2009, -7/+2Fu(k the British

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