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May 11, 2009

New measures aimed at making ship recycling safer, greener

  • Governments will meet this week to consider rules that require new ships to limit the amounts of hazardous materials they're built with and require older ships to be broken down in yards that meet certain environmental standards.
    • By MICHAEL CASEY
    AP Environmental Writer

    AP file photo by Divyakant Solanki [enlarge]
    A worker walks on the beach in India as a former Danish ferry lies out in the sea. Governments plan to meet this week in Hong Kong to consider approving standards for ship recycling aimed at making the industry safer and greener.

    SINGAPORE — When it comes to jobs that workers in rich Western countries don't want, there are few more dirty and dangerous than scrapping the world's freighters, luxury liners and oil tankers.


     
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