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  2. Environmental crime - Wikipedia

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    Illegal activities are driven by regulations creating cost differentials between legal and illegal products, compliance costs in different countries, demand for scarce products, and lack of concern for the environment. [12] Illegal activities result from a lack of appropriate regulation, including failures to determine and/or protect property ...

  3. Hooper: Illegal dumping problem lies with prevention ... - AOL

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    Hooper said that data was very revealing how fast the dumping was duplicated. “That is a very quick regeneration of the waste and shows that we do not have a problem with cleaning up illegal ...

  4. Illegal dumping - Wikipedia

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    Illegal dumping at Scales Road, London, England Illegal dumping in a residential subdivision, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Illegal dumping, [1] [2] also called fly dumping or fly tipping (), [3] is the dumping of waste illegally instead of using an authorised method such as curbside collection or using an authorised rubbish dump.

  5. Toxic waste - Wikipedia

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    Toxic waste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin). Mostly generated by industry, consumer products like televisions, computers, and phones contain toxic chemicals that can pollute the air and contaminate soil and water.

  6. Public urged by TPWA to report illegal dumping in city manholes

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    The continued illegal dumping can create more disruption in workings of the plant and cause the odor to linger. District Attorney Jack Thorp provided information on penalties for the illegal action.

  7. Arizona’s GOP governor accused of ‘illegal dumping’ over ...

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    An Arizona sheriff has accused outgoing Gov. Doug Ducey (R) of “illegal dumping” for an effort to use shipping containers lined with razor wire to plug gaps in the wall along the state’s ...

  8. List of Superfund sites in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Arizona designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...

  9. Environmental dumping - Wikipedia

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    Environmental harmful product dumping (“environmental dumping”) is the practice of transfrontier shipment of waste (household waste, industrial/nuclear waste, etc.) from one country to another. The goal is to take the waste to a country that has less strict environmental laws , or environmental laws that are not strictly enforced.