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Sad. I had no idea “dump it in the water” was still a waste disposal practice in any developed nations. As per the article, only three countries on earth still

Sad. I had no idea “dump it in the water” was still a waste disposal practice in any developed nations. As per the article, only three countries on earth still grant licenses for this: Turkey, Papua New Guinea, and Norway.

wahnfrieden 3y ago
The rest just export the practice outside their constituency's sight, an expensive luxury only affordable to developed nations
- zh3 3y ago
  Indeed, Trafigura [0] [1] are a shining example of how to do business (they dodged prosecution in Norway [2] for the same kind of waste they dumped in Africa). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ivory_Coast_toxic_waste_dump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ivory_Coast_toxic_waste_d... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafigura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafigura [2] https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/a-small-pawn-in-the-game-1.6104888 https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/a-small-pawn-in-the-game-1.610...
  - afsag 3y ago
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iancmceachern 3y ago
Lots of places still do this, and just burn it in open pits. Places you would need expect like Tahiti which is a French Overseas Entity, and even Hawaii. There aren't a lot of options in some places.
- fallingknife 3y ago
  This is mining waste. It's rocks and dirt. You can't burn it.
  - salt-thrower 3y ago
    Not just rocks and dirt. Mining waste is often toxic - heavy metals, acid, that sort of thing.
  - iancmceachern 3y ago
    Some you can, like coal
    - fallingknife 3y ago
      That's the product, not the waste
      - iancmceachern 3y ago
        The earth doesn't care. I was making the point that the parent commenter made an arbitrary distinction that wasn't even true. There are other minerals, rather are side effects of mining the true target minerals, that are "burnable". They're used in fireworks to make them different colors. https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/tested_by_fire_0.pdf https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/te...

wahnfrieden 3y ago

The rest just export the practice outside their constituency's sight, an expensive luxury only affordable to developed nations

zh3 3y ago
Indeed, Trafigura [0] [1] are a shining example of how to do business (they dodged prosecution in Norway [2] for the same kind of waste they dumped in Africa). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ivory_Coast_toxic_waste_dump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ivory_Coast_toxic_waste_d... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafigura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafigura [2] https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/a-small-pawn-in-the-game-1.6104888 https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/a-small-pawn-in-the-game-1.610...
- afsag 3y ago
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iancmceachern 3y ago

Lots of places still do this, and just burn it in open pits. Places you would need expect like Tahiti which is a French Overseas Entity, and even Hawaii. There aren't a lot of options in some places.

fallingknife 3y ago
This is mining waste. It's rocks and dirt. You can't burn it.
- salt-thrower 3y ago
  Not just rocks and dirt. Mining waste is often toxic - heavy metals, acid, that sort of thing.
- iancmceachern 3y ago
  Some you can, like coal
  - fallingknife 3y ago
    That's the product, not the waste
    - iancmceachern 3y ago
      The earth doesn't care. I was making the point that the parent commenter made an arbitrary distinction that wasn't even true. There are other minerals, rather are side effects of mining the true target minerals, that are "burnable". They're used in fireworks to make them different colors. https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/tested_by_fire_0.pdf https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/te...