Unprotected workers in Bangladesh scrap with acetylene torches. This releases toxic gasses from paints and coatings.
Scrapping with acetylene torches in China. Toxic gasses from cables are released.
Illegal burning of cables in Turkey. This facilitates the removal of copper. But it also produces emissions of toxic substances like dangerous dioxins.
Removal of copper from burnt cables in Turkey.
Waste material being burned in India. Possibly toxic substances are released into the environment.
The Netherlands - Scrapping with hydraulic cutters. No toxic substances are released from paintings and coatings. Environmental protection licenses for shipbreakers set provisions for the disposal of cables. They are gathered after removal and transported by special processing companies.
USA - Yards like here in Philadelphia, all liquids are tapped of. They are separately disposed of. All other suspicious materials are sampled and analysed before being cut.
Remarkable ships Pacific Princess ('Love Boat') is on the Greenpeace list. More remarkable ships...
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