IMO INTERNATIONAL SHIP RECYCLING GUIDELINES BASEL CONVENTION ILO HEALTH AND SAFETY
January 1st, 2006
BY DEIRDRE MASON
THEY may take a few years to come into effect, but binding international rules now under discussion, to cover ship recycling will "green" the dirty and unacceptable face of an unregulated industry notorious for environmental damage and appalling working conditions.
The reforms, proposed by the International Marine Organisation (IMO), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the parties to the Basel Convention (which controls transboundary movements of hazardous waste), will certainly have a short-term effect on material flows ...
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