Binational management of hazardous waste: The maquiladora industry at the US-Mexico border

Perry, Diane M.; Sánchez, Roberto; Glaze, William H.; Mazari, Marisa

doi:10.1007/bf02394133

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“…Although the binational La Paz Agreement states that waste associated with chemicals imported from the United States into Mexico must be reexported, it is estimated that <25% is, in fact, returned to the United States, with >65% of maquila waste unaccounted for in either the United States or Mexico (92). Because only two companies in northern Mexico are authorized to treat hazardous waste and treatment remains costly, many wastes are illegally discharged into waterways or onto land.…”

Section: Responses To Toxics and Hazardous Wastementioning

confidence: 99%

ENVIRONMENTALISSUESALONG THEUNITEDSTATES-MEXICOBORDER: Drivers of Change and Responses of Citizens and Institutions

Liverman

Varady

Chavez

et al. 1999

Annu. Rev. Energy. Environ.

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▪ Abstract The US-Mexico border region illustrates the challenges of binational environmental management in the context of a harsh physical environment, rapid growth, and economic integration. Transboundary and shared resources and conflicts include limited surface water supplies, depletion of groundwater, air and water pollution, hazardous waste, and conservation of important natural ecosystems. Public policy responses to environmental problems on the border include binational institutions such as the IBWC, BECC and CEC, the latter two established in response to environmental concerns about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Environmental social movements and nongovernmental organizations have also become important agents in the region. These new institutions and social movements are especially interesting on the Mexican side of the border where political and economic conditions have often limited environmental enforcement and conservation, and where recent policy changes also include changes in land and water law, political democratization, and government decentralization.

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Section: Responses To Toxics and Hazardous Wastementioning

confidence: 99%

ENVIRONMENTALISSUESALONG THEUNITEDSTATES-MEXICOBORDER: Drivers of Change and Responses of Citizens and Institutions

Liverman

Varady

Chavez

et al. 1999

Annu. Rev. Energy. Environ.

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“…(Sanchez, 1990). Some Maquiladoras of heavy industries generated large amounts of hazardous waste and their illegal dumping caused serious pollution (Perry, Sanchez, Glaze & Mazari, 1990, Bowen, Kontuly & Henpner, 1995, Rajaram & Das, 2008.…”

Section: Environmental Pollution In Maquiladoras and Naftamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The factories caused significant environmental pollution due to the creation of hazardous waste as the byproduct of auxiliary inputs in the industrial processes (Sanchez, 1990). The environmental damage was unchecked as there was a lack of proper implementation of Mexican environmental laws and regulations during the 1990s (Perry, Sanchez, Glaze & Mazari, 1990). In order to deal with these problems, the governments of the United States and Mexico formed the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), and after later economic integration, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).…”

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confidence: 99%

Pollution Risks Accompanied with Economic Integration of ASEAN Countries and the Fragmentation of Production Processes

Kida

Fujikura²

2015

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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Economic integration in the Southeast Asian region has been rapidly progressing resulting in an accelerating fragmentation of the production processes. Thai multinational corporations have moved factories over their national borders. Similar fragmentation arose along the US-Mexico border from the 1970s and resulted in serious industrial pollution in Mexico along the national border. This paper examines the risks of pollution accompanied with the fragmentation of the production processes. The current state of industrial areas in Cambodia and Myanmar, along the national border of Thailand, is analyzed in relation to Maquiladoras in Mexico and industrial areas in India. An international environmental agreement, similar to what was agreed upon between Mexico and the US, would seem to be the most effective way to prevent pollution.

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“…The estimated quantities result from a combination of surveys of several plants and characterizations of the materials commonly used in, or produced by, the operations performed at similar plants in each industry. These are then extrapolated to the popula tion of facilities along each border segment (Iglesias 1990;Perry et al 1990). …”

Section: Industrial Sources Of Toxics In Mexicomentioning

confidence: 99%

La Frontera Química:Toxic emissions and spills along the U.S.‐Mexican Border

Tiefenbacher

1998

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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Toxic releases and spills along the U.S.-Mexican border are examined to define the "chemical frontier," where economic growth is increasing industrial-chemical risks to local popula tions. The chemical frontier is expanding into Mexico as a consequence of industrialization and free trade, creating what is known as la frontera química.Analyses show that emitting facilities are found in counties with higher population densities and little or no agricultural activity Spill reports were greatest in counties with high popula tions of non-Hispanics and non-Spanish speakers, high incomes, low poverty rates, and low percentages of employment in the agricultural sector.The borderland is being assimilated into the U.S. industrial landscape. The growth and movement of non-Hispanic popula tions into the greater border region represents not only economic growth and development, but also the transference of the hazards that come with that growth.

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Binational management of hazardous waste: The maquiladora industry at the US-Mexico border

Cited by 24 publications

References 4 publications

ENVIRONMENTALISSUESALONG THEUNITEDSTATES-MEXICOBORDER: Drivers of Change and Responses of Citizens and Institutions

ENVIRONMENTALISSUESALONG THEUNITEDSTATES-MEXICOBORDER: Drivers of Change and Responses of Citizens and Institutions

Pollution Risks Accompanied with Economic Integration of ASEAN Countries and the Fragmentation of Production Processes

La Frontera Química:Toxic emissions and spills along the U.S.‐Mexican Border

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