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Made in Britain, dumped in China
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
Made in Britain, dumped in China
How our waste causes death and disease 6,000 miles from home
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published: 26 January 2007
Mounds of foul-smelling waste stand rotting in the cold air. The dark,
smog-choked sky lowers menacingly and the river runs slowly, a black
tide of toxic sludge. Sandwich boxes carrying the labels of British
supermarket chains poke through the dumps; crumpled pizza wrappers and
plastic bags blanket the streets. Working in the middle of it all are
children, some as young as four, sifting though the waste with their
bare hands.
Lianjiao, a remote Chinese village in the booming southern province of
Guangdong, is a long way for a plastic bag to travel; but it is where
almost all British supermarket carrier bags end up. And the foil-lined
crisp packets. And the triangular hard plastic packaging for your
bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches from a top high-street chain.
Because China is rapidly becoming Britain's biggest rubbish dump.
Regardless of how carefully you separate your waste, there is a good
chance a disposal firm will dump it all in together with other kinds of
plastic trash and ship it to the developing world to be dealt with by a
family of migrant workers earning a pittance. They will deal with the
salad-bar container, the pistachio ice-cream container and the
superfluous bag for carrots in your shopping basket in a variety of
different ways - it may be recycled, it may become landfill or it may
simply be burnt. Whatever happens, it is generally not a priority for
the waste disposal company. Britain dumps around two million tonnes of
waste in China every year, everything from plastic mineral water
bottles to shopping bags and other forms of superfluous packaging from
some of the country's biggest supermarkets.
A huge amount of it arrives in 10-ton shipments in Lianjiao, a village
which has become a centre for processing plastic waste - much of it
from Britain. The high levels of pollution in the nearby river and the
poisoned sky are the price of waste disposal in the developing world.
So too are the many and varied health complaints suffered by the local
population, who risk multiple skin ailments and exposure to potent
carcinogens as they touch the contaminated materials. Poisonous
chemical effluents stream into their water supply, turning it black or
lurid red, and studies by Greenpeace show that acid rain is the norm in
this region. Children are prone to fevers and coughs. Their skin is
often disfigured by the toxic plastic waste they have to process.
They are victims of Britain's addiction to excessive packaging,
highlighted in this newspaper's Campaign Against Waste.
According to figures from China's environmental watchdog, the village
handles more than 200,000 tonnes of plastic a year, a big chunk of it
imported illegally. "China strictly bans any imports of waste that
cannot be recycled as raw materials or be treated harmlessly in the
country," according to the State Environmental Protection
Administration (Sepa). "Driven by profits, some dealers collaborate
with overseas law breakers and illegally smuggle or import rubbish into
China, causing damage to people's health and to the environment."
In Lianjiao, plastic sandwich wrappers from British high-street shops
are sprayed with chemicals to remove the food debris and then hosed
down, the effluent running into the Pearl river, one of the world's
most polluted waterways. A large proportion of the plastic waste - that
which is not fit for recycling - is burnt in incinerators or kilns, or
melted down in acid baths. The air is filled with heady toxic smoke.
The local government has banned unlicensed firms from the plastic-waste
business and halted the operation of plastic-waste processing factories
that are not equipped with environmental protection facilities.
"But, driven by immediate interests, some local people still try to
introduce polluting material into China, posing a threat to the
environment and to public health," Sepa says.
Sepa is negotiating with European Union agencies on finding ways to
stop cross-border movements of waste and preventing illegal
domestic-waste smuggling. The watchdog called on developed countries to
respect the terms of the 1989 Basel Convention, which bans the export
of toxic rubbish from developed countries to the Third World. The US
has not signed up to the agreement, but the UK and other European
countries have.
According to Chinese figures, rubbish imports from abroad have grown
steadily in the past decade and 70 per cent of toxic plastic produced
around the world each year now finds its way illegally into China.
Ninety per cent of this waste is broken down in small workshops like
those in Lianjiao.
"According to our understanding, a lot of waste is coming from Britain
and other places in Europe," says an official. "This damages health all
right, but a lot of the workers here are migrant workers who come from
even poorer provinces, so it's a sacrifice they are prepared to make."
Some of these workers earn little more than �1.50 a day for treating
the materials.
No company in Lianjiao has official approval to import waste. There is
awareness of the problem at the highest level of government and top
environmental agencies have pledged to resolve the issue, but local
corruption and the lure of a quick couple of pounds per tonne of
rubbish makes it difficult to enforce rules.
A report by the University of Shantou on the town of Guiyu, another
Guangdong recycling hub, showed that more than 80 per cent of local
children suffer from lead poisoning.
Among the plastic found by this correspondent at Lianjiao was the
wrapping for a pack of Cathedral City cheddar, one of Britain's
best-selling brands of cheese. Dairy Crest, which makes the cheese but
has no control over what happens to its packaging, confirmed last night
the wrapping was non-recyclable.
The company said in a statement: "The food safety laws and our
commitment to maintain quality and taste require Cathedral City's
packaging to be laminated to act as an oxygen barrier. Therefore, the
current packaging is non-recyclable. However, we are aggressively
investigating the latest technology to see if it is possible to recycle
the packaging in the future."
How you can help
Do you have an example of absurd packaging? Have you been infuriated by
the waste with something you bought?
If so, tell us and we will highlight it in The Independent and take it
up with the companies concerned. Send your examples to waste@
independent.co.uk
Made in Britain, dumped in China
How our waste causes death and disease 6,000 miles from home
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published: 26 January 2007
Mounds of foul-smelling waste stand rotting in the cold air. The dark,
smog-choked sky lowers menacingly and the river runs slowly, a black
tide of toxic sludge. Sandwich boxes carrying the labels of British
supermarket chains poke through the dumps; crumpled pizza wrappers and
plastic bags blanket the streets. Working in the middle of it all are
children, some as young as four, sifting though the waste with their
bare hands.
Lianjiao, a remote Chinese village in the booming southern province of
Guangdong, is a long way for a plastic bag to travel; but it is where
almost all British supermarket carrier bags end up. And the foil-lined
crisp packets. And the triangular hard plastic packaging for your
bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches from a top high-street chain.
Because China is rapidly becoming Britain's biggest rubbish dump.
Regardless of how carefully you separate your waste, there is a good
chance a disposal firm will dump it all in together with other kinds of
plastic trash and ship it to the developing world to be dealt with by a
family of migrant workers earning a pittance. They will deal with the
salad-bar container, the pistachio ice-cream container and the
superfluous bag for carrots in your shopping basket in a variety of
different ways - it may be recycled, it may become landfill or it may
simply be burnt. Whatever happens, it is generally not a priority for
the waste disposal company. Britain dumps around two million tonnes of
waste in China every year, everything from plastic mineral water
bottles to shopping bags and other forms of superfluous packaging from
some of the country's biggest supermarkets.
A huge amount of it arrives in 10-ton shipments in Lianjiao, a village
which has become a centre for processing plastic waste - much of it
from Britain. The high levels of pollution in the nearby river and the
poisoned sky are the price of waste disposal in the developing world.
So too are the many and varied health complaints suffered by the local
population, who risk multiple skin ailments and exposure to potent
carcinogens as they touch the contaminated materials. Poisonous
chemical effluents stream into their water supply, turning it black or
lurid red, and studies by Greenpeace show that acid rain is the norm in
this region. Children are prone to fevers and coughs. Their skin is
often disfigured by the toxic plastic waste they have to process.
They are victims of Britain's addiction to excessive packaging,
highlighted in this newspaper's Campaign Against Waste.
According to figures from China's environmental watchdog, the village
handles more than 200,000 tonnes of plastic a year, a big chunk of it
imported illegally. "China strictly bans any imports of waste that
cannot be recycled as raw materials or be treated harmlessly in the
country," according to the State Environmental Protection
Administration (Sepa). "Driven by profits, some dealers collaborate
with overseas law breakers and illegally smuggle or import rubbish into
China, causing damage to people's health and to the environment."
In Lianjiao, plastic sandwich wrappers from British high-street shops
are sprayed with chemicals to remove the food debris and then hosed
down, the effluent running into the Pearl river, one of the world's
most polluted waterways. A large proportion of the plastic waste - that
which is not fit for recycling - is burnt in incinerators or kilns, or
melted down in acid baths. The air is filled with heady toxic smoke.
The local government has banned unlicensed firms from the plastic-waste
business and halted the operation of plastic-waste processing factories
that are not equipped with environmental protection facilities.
"But, driven by immediate interests, some local people still try to
introduce polluting material into China, posing a threat to the
environment and to public health," Sepa says.
Sepa is negotiating with European Union agencies on finding ways to
stop cross-border movements of waste and preventing illegal
domestic-waste smuggling. The watchdog called on developed countries to
respect the terms of the 1989 Basel Convention, which bans the export
of toxic rubbish from developed countries to the Third World. The US
has not signed up to the agreement, but the UK and other European
countries have.
According to Chinese figures, rubbish imports from abroad have grown
steadily in the past decade and 70 per cent of toxic plastic produced
around the world each year now finds its way illegally into China.
Ninety per cent of this waste is broken down in small workshops like
those in Lianjiao.
"According to our understanding, a lot of waste is coming from Britain
and other places in Europe," says an official. "This damages health all
right, but a lot of the workers here are migrant workers who come from
even poorer provinces, so it's a sacrifice they are prepared to make."
Some of these workers earn little more than �1.50 a day for treating
the materials.
No company in Lianjiao has official approval to import waste. There is
awareness of the problem at the highest level of government and top
environmental agencies have pledged to resolve the issue, but local
corruption and the lure of a quick couple of pounds per tonne of
rubbish makes it difficult to enforce rules.
A report by the University of Shantou on the town of Guiyu, another
Guangdong recycling hub, showed that more than 80 per cent of local
children suffer from lead poisoning.
Among the plastic found by this correspondent at Lianjiao was the
wrapping for a pack of Cathedral City cheddar, one of Britain's
best-selling brands of cheese. Dairy Crest, which makes the cheese but
has no control over what happens to its packaging, confirmed last night
the wrapping was non-recyclable.
The company said in a statement: "The food safety laws and our
commitment to maintain quality and taste require Cathedral City's
packaging to be laminated to act as an oxygen barrier. Therefore, the
current packaging is non-recyclable. However, we are aggressively
investigating the latest technology to see if it is possible to recycle
the packaging in the future."
How you can help
Do you have an example of absurd packaging? Have you been infuriated by
the waste with something you bought?
If so, tell us and we will highlight it in The Independent and take it
up with the companies concerned. Send your examples to waste@
independent.co.uk
Jan 25th 2007, 6:42 pm
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Re: michaelnewport starts pasting early
Couldn't stay in bed, darling ?
More crosspost to come ?
Having a good joke about which dead now?
"Els Bells" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
Made in Britain, dumped in China
How our waste causes death and disease 6,000 miles from home
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published: 26 January 2007
Mounds of foul-smelling waste stand rotting in the cold air. The dark,
smog-choked sky lowers menacingly and the river runs slowly, a black
tide of toxic sludge. Sandwich boxes carrying the labels of British
supermarket chains poke through the dumps; crumpled pizza wrappers and
plastic bags blanket the streets. Working in the middle of it all are
children, some as young as four, sifting though the waste with their
bare hands.
Lianjiao, a remote Chinese village in the booming southern province of
Guangdong, is a long way for a plastic bag to travel; but it is where
almost all British supermarket carrier bags end up. And the foil-lined
crisp packets. And the triangular hard plastic packaging for your
bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches from a top high-street chain.
Because China is rapidly becoming Britain's biggest rubbish dump.
Regardless of how carefully you separate your waste, there is a good
chance a disposal firm will dump it all in together with other kinds of
plastic trash and ship it to the developing world to be dealt with by a
family of migrant workers earning a pittance. They will deal with the
salad-bar container, the pistachio ice-cream container and the
superfluous bag for carrots in your shopping basket in a variety of
different ways - it may be recycled, it may become landfill or it may
simply be burnt. Whatever happens, it is generally not a priority for
the waste disposal company. Britain dumps around two million tonnes of
waste in China every year, everything from plastic mineral water
bottles to shopping bags and other forms of superfluous packaging from
some of the country's biggest supermarkets.
A huge amount of it arrives in 10-ton shipments in Lianjiao, a village
which has become a centre for processing plastic waste - much of it
from Britain. The high levels of pollution in the nearby river and the
poisoned sky are the price of waste disposal in the developing world.
So too are the many and varied health complaints suffered by the local
population, who risk multiple skin ailments and exposure to potent
carcinogens as they touch the contaminated materials. Poisonous
chemical effluents stream into their water supply, turning it black or
lurid red, and studies by Greenpeace show that acid rain is the norm in
this region. Children are prone to fevers and coughs. Their skin is
often disfigured by the toxic plastic waste they have to process.
They are victims of Britain's addiction to excessive packaging,
highlighted in this newspaper's Campaign Against Waste.
According to figures from China's environmental watchdog, the village
handles more than 200,000 tonnes of plastic a year, a big chunk of it
imported illegally. "China strictly bans any imports of waste that
cannot be recycled as raw materials or be treated harmlessly in the
country," according to the State Environmental Protection
Administration (Sepa). "Driven by profits, some dealers collaborate
with overseas law breakers and illegally smuggle or import rubbish into
China, causing damage to people's health and to the environment."
In Lianjiao, plastic sandwich wrappers from British high-street shops
are sprayed with chemicals to remove the food debris and then hosed
down, the effluent running into the Pearl river, one of the world's
most polluted waterways. A large proportion of the plastic waste - that
which is not fit for recycling - is burnt in incinerators or kilns, or
melted down in acid baths. The air is filled with heady toxic smoke.
The local government has banned unlicensed firms from the plastic-waste
business and halted the operation of plastic-waste processing factories
that are not equipped with environmental protection facilities.
"But, driven by immediate interests, some local people still try to
introduce polluting material into China, posing a threat to the
environment and to public health," Sepa says.
Sepa is negotiating with European Union agencies on finding ways to
stop cross-border movements of waste and preventing illegal
domestic-waste smuggling. The watchdog called on developed countries to
respect the terms of the 1989 Basel Convention, which bans the export
of toxic rubbish from developed countries to the Third World. The US
has not signed up to the agreement, but the UK and other European
countries have.
According to Chinese figures, rubbish imports from abroad have grown
steadily in the past decade and 70 per cent of toxic plastic produced
around the world each year now finds its way illegally into China.
Ninety per cent of this waste is broken down in small workshops like
those in Lianjiao.
"According to our understanding, a lot of waste is coming from Britain
and other places in Europe," says an official. "This damages health all
right, but a lot of the workers here are migrant workers who come from
even poorer provinces, so it's a sacrifice they are prepared to make."
Some of these workers earn little more than £1.50 a day for treating
the materials.
No company in Lianjiao has official approval to import waste. There is
awareness of the problem at the highest level of government and top
environmental agencies have pledged to resolve the issue, but local
corruption and the lure of a quick couple of pounds per tonne of
rubbish makes it difficult to enforce rules.
A report by the University of Shantou on the town of Guiyu, another
Guangdong recycling hub, showed that more than 80 per cent of local
children suffer from lead poisoning.
Among the plastic found by this correspondent at Lianjiao was the
wrapping for a pack of Cathedral City cheddar, one of Britain's
best-selling brands of cheese. Dairy Crest, which makes the cheese but
has no control over what happens to its packaging, confirmed last night
the wrapping was non-recyclable.
The company said in a statement: "The food safety laws and our
commitment to maintain quality and taste require Cathedral City's
packaging to be laminated to act as an oxygen barrier. Therefore, the
current packaging is non-recyclable. However, we are aggressively
investigating the latest technology to see if it is possible to recycle
the packaging in the future."
How you can help
Do you have an example of absurd packaging? Have you been infuriated by
the waste with something you bought?
If so, tell us and we will highlight it in The Independent and take it
up with the companies concerned. Send your examples to waste@
independent.co.uk
More crosspost to come ?
Having a good joke about which dead now?
"Els Bells" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected] om...
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
Made in Britain, dumped in China
How our waste causes death and disease 6,000 miles from home
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published: 26 January 2007
Mounds of foul-smelling waste stand rotting in the cold air. The dark,
smog-choked sky lowers menacingly and the river runs slowly, a black
tide of toxic sludge. Sandwich boxes carrying the labels of British
supermarket chains poke through the dumps; crumpled pizza wrappers and
plastic bags blanket the streets. Working in the middle of it all are
children, some as young as four, sifting though the waste with their
bare hands.
Lianjiao, a remote Chinese village in the booming southern province of
Guangdong, is a long way for a plastic bag to travel; but it is where
almost all British supermarket carrier bags end up. And the foil-lined
crisp packets. And the triangular hard plastic packaging for your
bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches from a top high-street chain.
Because China is rapidly becoming Britain's biggest rubbish dump.
Regardless of how carefully you separate your waste, there is a good
chance a disposal firm will dump it all in together with other kinds of
plastic trash and ship it to the developing world to be dealt with by a
family of migrant workers earning a pittance. They will deal with the
salad-bar container, the pistachio ice-cream container and the
superfluous bag for carrots in your shopping basket in a variety of
different ways - it may be recycled, it may become landfill or it may
simply be burnt. Whatever happens, it is generally not a priority for
the waste disposal company. Britain dumps around two million tonnes of
waste in China every year, everything from plastic mineral water
bottles to shopping bags and other forms of superfluous packaging from
some of the country's biggest supermarkets.
A huge amount of it arrives in 10-ton shipments in Lianjiao, a village
which has become a centre for processing plastic waste - much of it
from Britain. The high levels of pollution in the nearby river and the
poisoned sky are the price of waste disposal in the developing world.
So too are the many and varied health complaints suffered by the local
population, who risk multiple skin ailments and exposure to potent
carcinogens as they touch the contaminated materials. Poisonous
chemical effluents stream into their water supply, turning it black or
lurid red, and studies by Greenpeace show that acid rain is the norm in
this region. Children are prone to fevers and coughs. Their skin is
often disfigured by the toxic plastic waste they have to process.
They are victims of Britain's addiction to excessive packaging,
highlighted in this newspaper's Campaign Against Waste.
According to figures from China's environmental watchdog, the village
handles more than 200,000 tonnes of plastic a year, a big chunk of it
imported illegally. "China strictly bans any imports of waste that
cannot be recycled as raw materials or be treated harmlessly in the
country," according to the State Environmental Protection
Administration (Sepa). "Driven by profits, some dealers collaborate
with overseas law breakers and illegally smuggle or import rubbish into
China, causing damage to people's health and to the environment."
In Lianjiao, plastic sandwich wrappers from British high-street shops
are sprayed with chemicals to remove the food debris and then hosed
down, the effluent running into the Pearl river, one of the world's
most polluted waterways. A large proportion of the plastic waste - that
which is not fit for recycling - is burnt in incinerators or kilns, or
melted down in acid baths. The air is filled with heady toxic smoke.
The local government has banned unlicensed firms from the plastic-waste
business and halted the operation of plastic-waste processing factories
that are not equipped with environmental protection facilities.
"But, driven by immediate interests, some local people still try to
introduce polluting material into China, posing a threat to the
environment and to public health," Sepa says.
Sepa is negotiating with European Union agencies on finding ways to
stop cross-border movements of waste and preventing illegal
domestic-waste smuggling. The watchdog called on developed countries to
respect the terms of the 1989 Basel Convention, which bans the export
of toxic rubbish from developed countries to the Third World. The US
has not signed up to the agreement, but the UK and other European
countries have.
According to Chinese figures, rubbish imports from abroad have grown
steadily in the past decade and 70 per cent of toxic plastic produced
around the world each year now finds its way illegally into China.
Ninety per cent of this waste is broken down in small workshops like
those in Lianjiao.
"According to our understanding, a lot of waste is coming from Britain
and other places in Europe," says an official. "This damages health all
right, but a lot of the workers here are migrant workers who come from
even poorer provinces, so it's a sacrifice they are prepared to make."
Some of these workers earn little more than £1.50 a day for treating
the materials.
No company in Lianjiao has official approval to import waste. There is
awareness of the problem at the highest level of government and top
environmental agencies have pledged to resolve the issue, but local
corruption and the lure of a quick couple of pounds per tonne of
rubbish makes it difficult to enforce rules.
A report by the University of Shantou on the town of Guiyu, another
Guangdong recycling hub, showed that more than 80 per cent of local
children suffer from lead poisoning.
Among the plastic found by this correspondent at Lianjiao was the
wrapping for a pack of Cathedral City cheddar, one of Britain's
best-selling brands of cheese. Dairy Crest, which makes the cheese but
has no control over what happens to its packaging, confirmed last night
the wrapping was non-recyclable.
The company said in a statement: "The food safety laws and our
commitment to maintain quality and taste require Cathedral City's
packaging to be laminated to act as an oxygen barrier. Therefore, the
current packaging is non-recyclable. However, we are aggressively
investigating the latest technology to see if it is possible to recycle
the packaging in the future."
How you can help
Do you have an example of absurd packaging? Have you been infuriated by
the waste with something you bought?
If so, tell us and we will highlight it in The Independent and take it
up with the companies concerned. Send your examples to waste@
independent.co.uk
Jan 26th 2007, 5:00 am
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
Els Bells wrote:
> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> Made in Britain, dumped in China
Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
up, masses, then you can do something about it!
> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> Made in Britain, dumped in China
Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
up, masses, then you can do something about it!
Jan 26th 2007, 6:26 am
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
On Jan 26, 7:00 pm, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Els Bells wrote:
> >http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> > Made in Britain, dumped in ChinaBest place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
> up, masses, then you can do something about it!
I thought they did......
> Els Bells wrote:
> >http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> > Made in Britain, dumped in ChinaBest place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
> up, masses, then you can do something about it!
I thought they did......
Jan 26th 2007, 10:19 pm
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
Els Bells wrote:
> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>
> How our waste causes death and disease 6,000 miles from home
> By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
> Published: 26 January 2007
>
Even more so in Africa:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/ivory-coast-toxic-dumping/toxic-waste-in-abidjan-green
T.
> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>
> How our waste causes death and disease 6,000 miles from home
> By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
> Published: 26 January 2007
>
Even more so in Africa:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/ivory-coast-toxic-dumping/toxic-waste-in-abidjan-green
T.
Jan 26th 2007, 11:15 pm
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>Els Bells wrote:
>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>
>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>
>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
--
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>Els Bells wrote:
>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>
>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>
>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
--
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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Jan 26th 2007, 11:19 pm
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:15:22 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>
>>Els Bells wrote:
>>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>>
>>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>
>>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>
>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
and expensive ones too.
--
Martin
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>
>>Els Bells wrote:
>>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>>
>>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>
>>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>
>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
and expensive ones too.
--
Martin
Jan 27th 2007, 3:02 am
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:15:22 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>>O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>>
>>>Els Bells wrote:
>>>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>>>
>>>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>>
>>>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>>>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>>
>>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
>
> and expensive ones too.
Na, the T-shit costs the same to make.
It's where the packet that it's in is made, that
makes it expensive.
tim
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:15:22 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>>O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>>
>>>Els Bells wrote:
>>>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>>>
>>>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>>
>>>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>>>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>>
>>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
>
> and expensive ones too.
Na, the T-shit costs the same to make.
It's where the packet that it's in is made, that
makes it expensive.
tim
Jan 27th 2007, 3:45 am
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:02:41 -0000, "tim....." <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:15:22 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>>>O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>>>
>>>>Els Bells wrote:
>>>>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>>>>
>>>>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>>>
>>>>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>>>>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>>>
>>>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
>>
>> and expensive ones too.
>
>Na, the T-shit costs the same to make.
>
>It's where the packet that it's in is made, that
>makes it expensive.
It's the labels that are sewn on that make them expensive.
--
Martin
wrote:
>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:15:22 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>>>O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>>>
>>>>Els Bells wrote:
>>>>> http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>>>>
>>>>> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>>>
>>>>Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>>>>up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>>>
>>>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
>>
>> and expensive ones too.
>
>Na, the T-shit costs the same to make.
>
>It's where the packet that it's in is made, that
>makes it expensive.
It's the labels that are sewn on that make them expensive.
--
Martin
Jan 27th 2007, 5:42 am
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
On Jan 27, 1:15 pm, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
> O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>
> >Els Bells wrote:
> >>http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> >> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>
> >Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
> >up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
...so take a trip to Madagascar and buy them at source. While you're
there you can hand your old ones out.....
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
> O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>
> >Els Bells wrote:
> >>http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>
> >> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>
> >Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
> >up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
...so take a trip to Madagascar and buy them at source. While you're
there you can hand your old ones out.....
Jan 27th 2007, 8:07 am
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Re: dump michaelnewport
your crap thread is finished, michaelcrapnewport
are you going to have a laugh about the last dead anywhere ?
Your sense of humor is so great !
"Els Bells" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]. com...
>
>
> On Jan 27, 1:15 pm, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>> O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>>
>> >Els Bells wrote:
>> >>http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>
>> >> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>
>> >Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>> >up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>
>>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
>
> ...so take a trip to Madagascar and buy them at source. While you're
> there you can hand your old ones out.....
>
are you going to have a laugh about the last dead anywhere ?
Your sense of humor is so great !
"Els Bells" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]. com...
>
>
> On Jan 27, 1:15 pm, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:16 +0000, Mike
>> O'Sullivan <[email protected]> writted:
>>
>> >Els Bells wrote:
>> >>http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2186531.ece
>>
>> >> Made in Britain, dumped in China
>>
>> >Best place for it. In a totalitarian state, nobody can complain. Rise
>> >up, masses, then you can do something about it!
>
>>They're too busy dumping cheap t-shirts on us.
>
> ...so take a trip to Madagascar and buy them at source. While you're
> there you can hand your old ones out.....
>
Jan 27th 2007, 10:44 am
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
Why don't they dump the rubbish in the Sahara desert where nobody lives
and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
cost would also be lower.
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http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
cost would also be lower.
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Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
Jan 27th 2007, 6:58 pm
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
Alfred Molon wrote:
> Why don't they dump the rubbish in the Sahara desert where nobody lives
> and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
> cost would also be lower.
Or in Antarctica. Nobody goes there!
> Why don't they dump the rubbish in the Sahara desert where nobody lives
> and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
> cost would also be lower.
Or in Antarctica. Nobody goes there!
Jan 27th 2007, 8:47 pm
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
On Jan 28, 8:58 am, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alfred Molon wrote:
> > Why don't they dump the rubbish in the Sahara desert where nobody lives
> > and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
> > cost would also be lower.Or in Antarctica. Nobody goes there!
or just recycle it at home.....
> Alfred Molon wrote:
> > Why don't they dump the rubbish in the Sahara desert where nobody lives
> > and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
> > cost would also be lower.Or in Antarctica. Nobody goes there!
or just recycle it at home.....
Jan 28th 2007, 4:21 am
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Re: Made in Britain, dumped in China
Let is be knownst that on 28 Jan 2007 01:47:41 -0800, "Jesus"
<[email protected]> writted:
>
>
>On Jan 28, 8:58 am, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Alfred Molon wrote:
>> > Why don't they dump the rubbish in the Sahara desert where nobody lives
>> > and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
>> > cost would also be lower.Or in Antarctica. Nobody goes there!
>
>or just recycle it at home.....
Just put it in a woman's handbag and it'll never be seen again.
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<[email protected]> writted:
>
>
>On Jan 28, 8:58 am, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Alfred Molon wrote:
>> > Why don't they dump the rubbish in the Sahara desert where nobody lives
>> > and there are no rivers to pollute? Just wondering. The transportation
>> > cost would also be lower.Or in Antarctica. Nobody goes there!
>
>or just recycle it at home.....
Just put it in a woman's handbag and it'll never be seen again.
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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