Hazardous Waste in the Border Region: Data Challenges in a Transboundary Setting

Water quality problems in Nogales, Sonora.

This article presents the results of a transboundary water quality monitoring program at the two Nogales area in the Arizona-Sonora border region. The program was carried out jointly in 1990 by U.S. and Mexican institutions. The results show pollution problems due to deficiencies in Nogales, Sonora municipal sewerage system, causing not only sewage spills in several parts of the city but also c...

Environmental health and hazardous waste issues related to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Environmental health and environmental quality issues along the U.S.-Mexico border have been of concern for several years. The enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the presence of the maquiladoras (foreign-owned industries using imported raw materials) have intensified those concerns recently. Efforts to assess these issues are complicated by the fact that many of the issues...

Environmental Problems of the Western Balkan Region and the Regional Aspects of Transboundary Risks

Environment in the Western Balkan Region is determined by the stage of development, economic structure, burdens of war destruction, stage in approaching and joining the EU and the limits of support. Industrial emissions, mining activities, and the communal waste burdening are key issues among environmental damages in the region which has very dangerous transboundary impact as well. Bilateral in...

Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste

Managing E-Waste in India: Adoption of Need Based Solutions

Near to two decade after the Basel Convention (BC) under United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), most of the nations are still working for Waste Electrical and JIBC December 2011, Vol. 16, No.3 2 Electronic Equipment (WEEE) or E-waste disposal programme. The Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environm...