Dumping of Toxic Waste into the Oceans

Häder, Donat‐P.

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“…Plastic products dumped in oceans and seas have killed coral reefs, which play a pivotal role in maintaining marine ecosystems and providing shelters to aquatic species (Lamb et al 2018). However, the potentially catastrophic consequences of contamination by wastes, whether households, industrial or radioactive, have not been taken into account by environmental policies designed to regulate or prevent waste dumping at sea (Häder 2021).…”

Section: Environmental Harms and Crime In The Capitalist Systemmentioning

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The Political Economy of the Mobuoy Illegal Dump in Northern Ireland: A Green Criminology Perspective

Hwang

2024

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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In 2012, the discovery of the Mobuoy illegal dump in Northern Ireland came to the attention of society as a shocking scandal. This was not only because the dump (516,000 tonnes of waste) was possibly one of the largest illegal dumps in Europe, but also because it exposed how the waste-management system in Northern Ireland was vulnerable to criminality and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency incapable of crime prevention and enforcement. However, it would be too narrow to focus criticisms solely on a particular governmental agency. From a green criminology perspective, this article provides a political economic analysis of the Mobuoy illegal dump and demonstrates the country’s environmental management system, as well as political resistance against environmental governance reforms that may create favourable conditions for criminal groups to seek financial gains through environmental crime in Northern Ireland.

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Section: Environmental Harms and Crime In The Capitalist Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Political Economy of the Mobuoy Illegal Dump in Northern Ireland: A Green Criminology Perspective

Hwang

2024

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…Here also, the most vulnerable are the people of the Global South, especially the women and children, "ILO and WHO estimate that millions of women and child labourers working in the informal recycling sector around the world may be at risk of e-waste exposure" (WHO, 2023). The dumping of toxic wastes including plastics, chemicals and radioactive waste in oceans has become a major source of concern (Häder, 2021). However, these concerns disappear in the minds of the consumers as they shop in malls or on eshopping apps with lucrative advertisements that invite everyone to be a part of the consumer carnival.…”

Section: Consumer Culture and Toxicitymentioning

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The Age of Toxicity: A Theoretical Model

Malaviya

2023

IJELS

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Ulrich Beck theorized the contemporary world as the ‘age of risk’. Taking the cue from Beck, this paper focuses on the ecological aspect of this risk society which looms large over the life and wellbeing of the entire planet – the intrusion of toxics in our everyday lives – thereby also making it the ‘age of toxicity’. Toxics have permeated the entire ecosystem – from land to water to atmosphere – making it difficult for any life form to escape their impact. The paper attempts to explain the main features of this age of toxicity in an effort to find solutions to this problem. It might be noted that the problem of toxicity is not evenly distributed across the countries and the Global South bears the brunt of the problem. Further, toxicity has a disproportionate impact on the economically weaker and marginalized sections within the developing countries as they are forced by economic circumstances to live in areas which are environmentally degraded and polluted. The paper proposes that toxicity is engendered within a global system structured by three factors– international power conflicts, activities of corporate houses and the consumerist culture – which together create a vicious circle of toxicity. The paper therefore proposes that the concerned civil society groups could advocate policies aimed at weakening this vicious circle of toxicity and campaign for small steps in the direction of larger changes.

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“…The perception of the Ocean as a vast and unbounded space, with limitless and practically inexhaustible resources, which prevailed in much of humanity's relationship with the seas (Huxley, 1883;Russ and Zeller, 2003), has slowly given way to the realization that ocean resources are finite, and that fishing has already dramatically altered marine ecosystems on a global scale (Jackson et al, 2001;McCauley et al, 2015). Similarly, while in the past the Ocean was regularly used to dispose of all sorts of pollutants and hazardous material, including ammunition and radioactive waste (Häder, 2021), there is a growing realization that this practice poses an increasing and global threat to human and more-than-human well-being. Recent local and international concerns about the plans to release millions of tons of contaminated water resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear power plant into the sea are a case in point (Mabon and Kawabe, 2022;Thakur, 2022).…”

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Grand challenges in marine governance for ocean sustainability in the twenty-first century

Ferse

2023

Front. Ocean Sustain.

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The twenty-first century is seeing multiple and accelerating anthropogenic threats to the Ocean which jeopardize the planetary system and human well-being. Given the urgency of this planetary emergency, ensuring Ocean sustainability and an equitable and just future for humanity and the planet requires unprecedented acceleration and innovation in the theory and practice of marine governance. This Perspective provides an overview of recent trends and emerging issues facing the Ocean. It outlines a number of Grand Challenges, or important areas to advance for scholars and practitioners of marine governance, namely the bridging of sectors and scales, connecting people and the seas, consideration of inclusivity, equity and justice, and innovating knowledge generation and the interface of science, society and policy. This will allow to address questions of how to achieve just, equitable and sustainable use of and interaction with the Ocean in the twenty-first century.

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Dumping of Toxic Waste into the Oceans

Cited by 4 publications

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The Political Economy of the Mobuoy Illegal Dump in Northern Ireland: A Green Criminology Perspective

The Political Economy of the Mobuoy Illegal Dump in Northern Ireland: A Green Criminology Perspective

The Age of Toxicity: A Theoretical Model

Grand challenges in marine governance for ocean sustainability in the twenty-first century

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