Needless Risk: The Bush Administration’s Scheme to Export Toxic Waste Ships to Europe

Needless Risk: The Bush Administration’s Scheme to Export Toxic Waste Ships to Europe

Needless Risk: The Bush Administration’s Scheme to Export Toxic Waste Ships to Europe

US “ghost fleet” sails into controversy

Kathryn Senior This autumn, the issue of toxic waste export came to the world’s attention when the US began sending barely seaworthy naval vessels across the Atlantic to a UK-based shipbreaking yard. The ships contain residual fuel oil, some of which is probably contaminated with massive quantities of solid PCBs, mercury, asbestos, and other toxic substances. According to US law, the export of ...

Thermal Destruction of Waste Using Plasma

Thermal technologies for the treatment of waste are once again attracting interest, particularly in Europe and North Amerca, as landfill space becomes scarcer and landfill regulations become more stringent. Plasma technologies can be used to destroy waste at high temperatures, using electricity to convert waste into a fuel gas and an inert rock. The Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System’s (PAWDS)...

ON A FUZZY APPLICATION OF THE PARTICULATE MATTERS ESTIMATION

The Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) that connects the continents of Europe and Asia is too complex due to geographical conditions and have a continuously increasing maritime traffic. The length of the Bosphorus which connect the Black Sea and the  Marmara Sea is 29.9 km. The number of ships (Tanker, general Cargo and bulk carrier) passing through the Istanbul strait was recorded as 42553 in 2016 an...