Global ban on exports of toxic waste advances - The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnewsold/ci_19166891
More than 170 countries agreed Friday to accelerate adoption of a global ban on the export of hazardous wastes, including old electronics, to developing countries.
(...) “I’ve been working on this since 1989 and it really does look like the shackles are lifted and we’ll see this thing happen in my lifetime.”
The deal seeks to ensure that developing countries no longer become dumping groups for toxic waste including industrial chemicals, discarded #computers and #cellphones and obsolete ships laden with asbestos