Factoid/2010/12/16
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Our Oceans Are Not a Dump!
- "The BAN [Basel Action Network] report entitled "Jobs and Dollars Overboard: The Economic Case against Dumping U.S. Naval Vessels at Sea," finds that the U.S. government habitually underestimates the costs of ship dumping and fails to properly account for the economic advantages of recycling, which includes jobs, the avoidance of externalized costs of pollution, damage to the environment and our climate, as well as the conservation of critical metals resources." - excerpt from the BAN press release. Read more.
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